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Jerald Williams Grant

Jerald (Jerry) Williams Grant, passed away peacefully in Chandler after a brief battle with cancer and underlying Alzheimer’s on Monday, August 2, 2021. Jerry was born on August 8, 1961 in San Jose, California to Jay and Marilyn Grant. Jerry’s family was able to spend several years overseas in England and the Netherlands. The family returned aboard the ocean liner Queen Elizabeth 2, also known as the QE2. Growing up in California, Jerry was active in cross country running and band. Jerry spent many years as a very successful computer programmer, and was very passionate about hiking /volunteering at Usery Park, a part of the Maricopa County Park System. In honor of that passion, we are planning to have a memorial bench placed in the park where he spent so much time as he called it his sanctuary. Jerry is survived by: His wife of 14 years, Kelli Grant, his parents Jay and Marilyn Grant, his siblings: Kathryn Grant, Suzanne Willey and her husband David Willey, Barbara Lepinski, her husband John Lepinski and their children (Addie and Aaron) his children: Heather and her family, Nicole Moody and her husband Russell Moody and their family of four boys, Tristan, Tanyan, Elrik and Bram, Amber and her family, and Kaitlyn Grant; his step-daughters Bethany Clemonds, her husband Brandon, and their daughter Delilah Grace; Shannon Clemonds and her daughter Ayvah Faye. Donations may be made to Hospice of the Valley