Baker-Swan - Memorial

Gretta Gram

	Calling Hours: Tuesday, February 13, 2007 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Baker-Swan Funeral Home	Funeral Service: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 11:00 AM Baker-Swan Funeral Home
Born: Saturday, June 04, 1932 Died: Wednesday, February 07, 2007

Obituary

SPECIAL NOTE FOR FLORAL DELIVERIES:
Deliveries are requested prior to 2:00 p.m.
on Monday, February 12, as there will be
calling hours Monday Evening. (See obit.)

ANDOVER Gretta C. Gram,
74, passed away unexpectedly
Thursday (Feb. 8, 2007) at her
winter home in Whiting, NJ.

Mrs. Gram was born on June 4,
1932 in West Clarksville to Elton
and Emma (Williams) Carlson.
She was a 1949 graduate of
Richburg Central School. On
July 9, 1949 in Cuba, she
married James A. Gram,
who predeceased her on
Aug. 30, 1995.

Gretta worked at Key Bank
(formerly Citizens National Bank)
for many years, retiring as a branch
manager in 1992.

She is survived by a daughter,
Lois A. Gram of New York
City; a son, Charles Andy
(Janine) Gram of Santa Clara,
Cal.; three sisters, Delores
Feight and Bonnie (Don) Slinker,
both of Phoenix, Ariz. and Diana
(Karl) Chase of Glendale, Ariz.;
two brothers, Junior (Carmen)
Carlson of Hinsdale and Philip
(Glenda) Carlson of Oak Island,
N.C.; five grandchildren, Sara,
Joseph, Daniel, Jennifer, and
Allyson; and several nieces,
nephews and cousins.

Gretta was a member and past
matron of the Anna W. McArthur
Chapter of the Order of Eastern Star.
She served on the board of directors
and as treasurer of the Andover
Historic Preservation Corporation
since 1995.

Friends may call on Monday from
6 - 8 p.m. and on Tuesday from 2 4
p.m. and 6 8 p.m. at the Baker-Swan
Funeral Home, Andover. The funeral
service will be held at 11 a.m. on
Wednesday at the funeral home with
Pastor Ken Chroniger of the Alfred
Station Seventh Day Baptist Church
officiating. Burial will follow in
Valley Brook Cemetery, Andover.

Memorials in Grettas name may be
made to the Andover Volunteer Rescue
Squad, P.O. Box 726, Andover, NY

The Garden of Promise
There is a place, I have been told,
Beyond an open gate
All have been invited
Where friends and loved ones wait
It holds eternal promise
Of everlasting peace
No pain or sorrow ever comes
And teardrops there have ceased
Abundant life is evident
Constant, fresh and new
A garden of provision
With Eternity in view
The promise is awaiting
A place we can abide
Fulfilled for all who answer
The call to come inside.