Elise P. Grinter

Mrs. Grinter died Saturday, Jan. 3, 2004, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.

She was born Dec. 2, 1904, in Ottawa County near Miltonvale, the daughter of William Henry and Sally (Cronkite) Montague.

She was a graduate of Garnett High School and received a teaching certificate from Emporia State Teacher’s College. She taught at Sinai Elementary School in Kansas City, Kan., and at Edwardsville Elementary School.

Mrs. Grinter was a member of the Rebekahs and Eastern Star, both in Bonner Springs. She also was a member of United Methodist Women, Reno Ladies Aid, a 4-H Happy Helper’s leader and an active member of Riford Senior Center Quilting Group, all of Leavenworth County. She was a member of Farm Bureau and had been Farm Bureau Woman of the Year in Leavenworth County.

She was a member of Stony Point Christian Church, Reno United Methodist Church and later Tonganoxie United Methodist Church.

She married J.W. LaRue Grinter on May 17, 1924, in Leavenworth. He died in 1977.

Survivors include a son, James Warden Grinter, Lawrence; a daughter, Mary Jean Bilhimer, Baldwin; seven grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; and six great-great-grandchildren.

The family will receive friends from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Quisenberry Chapel in Tonganoxie.

The family suggests memorials to the church or USD 464, sent in care of Quisenberry Funeral Home, P.O. Box 993, Tonganoxie 66086.