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Grace Routzahn Obituary
Born February 17, 1928 in Huntington, New York she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Florence Whittum.
Grace lived a full life and was full of life. She was a loving, caring and generous person. She loved taking care of her family and her friends.
She was a mother, a grandmother, a great grandmother, a sister, and aunt and a friend to many. She laughed. She loved and she gave from her heart.
Grace was a longtime member of the Evangelical Reformed United Church of Christ in Frederick.
Grace volunteered for more than 20 years at the Frederick Memorial Hospital. She was a history buff and enjoyed reading. She spent the first 17 years of her adult life in England and had a great love for that country.
The most important thing in her life was having a relationship with those she loved.
She is survived by her four children, Jan West and husband Steve, Daryl Routzahn and wife Paula, Lindsey Morin, and Susan Barnett and Bill Everhart, her loving grandchildren, Todd Starr and wife Ashley, Kim Hotaling and husband Jay, Chris Starr and fiance Marta, Michelle Sullivan and husband Sean, Shelley West and Lindsay West ,her great grandchildren, Jonah, Zachary, India, Cara, Julia and Alex, her loving sis- ter, Elizabeth Prongas, her special niece, Rebecca Pearl, three sister-in-laws, Mary Staley, Jane Marks and Elinor Hutton, special friends, Steveand Nancy Turner, Bonnie Fansler, Carol and Dave Eichelberger, Hilda Sullivan, Rosie Enge and Bev McCardle.
Grace will also be remembered by all of her nieces, nephews, great nieces, great nephews and all of her friends and the staff at Homewood of Crumland Farms.
The family will receive friends at the Stauffer Funeral Home, 1621 Opossumtown Pike, Frederick on Monday, April 16, 2012 from 6:00- 9:00pm. Funeral services will be held at the funeral home on Tuesday, April 17th at 10:00am with Pastor Dale O'Shields and Pastor Steve Rivera of Church of the Redeemer officiating.
A private interment will be held at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
Memorialcontributions may be made in Grace's name to the Catoctin Forest Alliance, P.O. Box 411, Thurmont, MD 21788 or to Hospice of Frederick County, P.O. Box 1799, Frederick, MD 21702.
The family wished to express how grateful and appreciative they are of the staff at Homewood of Crumland Farms for their love & care they provided for Grace.
Online condolences may be expressed to the family at www.staufferfuneralhome.com
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