AUGUST 23, 1938-AUGUST 27,2026
GRACE, COMPASSION, LOVE, THAT IS PHYLLIS MAY GRANTHAM.
BORN AUGUST 23, 1938, IN MIDLAND, MICHIGAN TO VENITA ELLEN (BASER) FEDERER AND FRANCIS FEDERER. PHYLLIS IS A GRADUATE OF MIDLAND HIGH SCHOOL AND CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY WHERE SHE EARNED DEGREES IN EDUCATION AND LIBRARY SCIENCE THOUGH NEITHER MATCHED HER EARLY AMBITIONS TO BE AN ARCHAEOLOGIST.
PHYLLIS WAS EMPLOYED AS THE HEAD LIBRARIAN AT ROSEMOUNT HIGH SCHOOL IN ROSEMOUNT, MINNESOTA AND AFTER AS THE HEAD LIBRARIAN AT LOVELAND HIGH SCHOOL IN LOVELAND, COLORADO. WHILE RAISING TWO SONS AT HOME, SHE CHOSE TO STEP BACK FROM HER CAREER TO BEGIN ADOPTING ADDITIONAL CHILDREN. THIS FULFILLED HER PRAYERS TO HAVE A LARGE FAMILY. HER HOUSEHOLD OF 8 QUICKLY GREW TO INCLUDE FOSTER CHILDREN. OVER THE COURSE OF FORTY YEARS, NEARLY THREE HUNDRED MEDICALLY DEPENDENT CHILDREN CAME TO KNOW HER GRACE, COMPASSION, AND LOVE.
PHYLLIS MARRIED EWAN RICHARD GRANTHAM ON JULY 12, 1960. AT HER DEATH THEY HAD BEEN MARRIED JUST OVER SIXTY-SIX YEARS.
PHYLLIS WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER PARENTS VENITA AND FRANCIS FEDERER, HER YOUNGER BROTHER RICHARD FEDERER, AS WELL AS HER SON PAUL MORGAN GRANTHAM.
PHYLLIS IS SURVIVED BY HER HUSBAND EWAN RICHARD GRANTHAM, AND HER CHILDREN EWAN RICHARD GRANTHAM JR, KIM LOI (GRANTHAM) JAMISON, TANYA LEE (GRANTHAM) LAYMAN, JOSHUA DAVID GRANTHAM, CHRISTOPHER FRANCIS GRANTHAM, CHANDRA RONI GRANTHAM AND PATRICK EARL GRANTHAM. ANGEL ADRIANNA YEADON HAS BEEN CONNECTED TO HER HIP FOR THE PAST THIRTY YEARS.
SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER MANY GRANDCHILDREN; CORWIN GRANTHAM, ZOE GRANTHAM, SAVANNAH GRANTHAM, CHLOE (GRANTHAM) LAYMAN, MIA LAYMAN, MALIEK JAMISON, MARQUIS JAMISON, KALEEL GRANTHAM, URIYAH GRANTHAM, TALIYAH GRANTHAM, ELAYAH GRANTHAM, MEELAH GRANTHAM, AND YUDAH GRANTHAM.
IF GOD HAS GRACED YOU THAT YOU DESIRE TO MEMORIALIZE PHYLLIS, PLEASE SEND YOUR DONATION TO “COLORADO CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL”. https://secure.childrenscoloradofoundation.org/site/Donation2?mfc_pref=T&8958.donation=form1&df_id=8958.
VISITATION WILL BE HELD AT OLINGER ANDREWS CALDWELL GIBSON CHAPEL, 407 JERRY STREET, CASTLE ROCK, COLORADO 80104, ON SEPTEMBER 8, 2026, FROM 4:00 PM TO 8:00 PM.
FUNERAL SERVICE WILL BE HELD AT OLINGER ANDREWS CALDWELL GIBSON CHAPEL, 407 JERRY STREET, CASTLE ROCK, COLORADO 80104, ON SEPTEMBER 9, 2026, AT 10:00 AM.
