John M. Grass

GRASS, John L., 95, BLAINE, at Mars Hill, February 7, 2011. Funeral services will be conducted 2 p.m., Wednesday, February 9, at the Mars Hill United Baptist Church. A spring interment will be in the Tapley Cemetery in Blaine.

BLAINE – John M. Grass, 95, died Monday, February 7, 2011, at the Aroostook Health Center in Mars Hill. He was born in Unity, May 9, 1915, the son of John A. and Sarah (Mullen) Grass.

A hard worker, John owned and operated his own farm in Blaine, raising potatoes and livestock alike, for many years. He was a member and a past deacon of the First Free Baptist Church in Blaine. He was a long time member and past Master of Mountain Grange # 331. John was also a recipient of the Golden Cane for being the oldest citizen of Blaine.

He is survived by his son and his wife, Duane and Brenda Grass; and his daughter, Charlotte Shaw, all of Mars Hill; grandchildren: Kevin Grass and his wife, Donna, Beth Cook and her husband, Chris, Andrew Grass and his fiancé, Brittany, Erica McCrum and her husband, Darrell and Ryan Shaw and his wife, Sadie; great-grandchildren: Sarah, Zackary, Carly, Mitchell, Libby, Hannah, Rebecca and Collin; and sisters–in-law, Rowena Grass and Launa Durost, both of Bridge-water.

He was predeceased by his wife of 68 years, Susie (Bubar) Grass; brothers and sister-in-law, Philip and Doris Bubar, and Burton Durost; a son-in-law, Butch Shaw; brothers, Rueben and Louis Grass; and sisters, Mildred Kingsbury and Ella Griffin.

Funeral services will be conducted 2 p.m., Wednesday, February 9, at the Mars Hill United Baptist Church, with Pastors Mitch Ross, Lawrence Beals and Mark Carter officiating. Relatives and friends may call at the church from noon until the time of the service. A spring interment will be in the Tapley Cemetery in Blaine. Donations in his memory may be made to the Aroostook Hospice House of Comfort Foundation, P.O. Box 766, Presque Isle, ME 04769.