Beulah Grabot (1926 – 2007)

Beulah L. ?Lee? Grabot, age 80, died Friday, August 24, 2007 at Kenosha Medical Center.

Born on September 9, 1926, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Lizzie Mae (Cook) Landers.

A lifelong Kenosha resident, and was educated in local schools.

On November 11, 1950, she married Lawrence M. Grabot at St. Mark Catholic Church in Kenosha.

She was employed as a retail clerk at various local grocery stores and was a member of the retail clerk union as well as the meat cutters local.

She attended St. Mary?s Catholic Church. She was a very active volunteer at the Shalom Center where she would cook and serve for the soup kitchen. She delivered for Meals on Wheels, and was also active with the Salvation Army by working with the ?Winter Wraps? program. She loved to sew. She was also an avid line dancer and danced at the Senior Center on a regular basis. Two days a week she would travel to Madison and volunteer at local schools as a teaching assistant. She was known to be a very generous and caring person. Her family was very important to her and she was especially proud of her grandchildren.

She is survived by her husband Lawrence of Kenosha; three sons, Michael L. of Houston Texas, Tom A. (Mary) of Madison WI, and Jim C. (Sherrie) of Los Gatos CA; four loving grandchildren, Melissa, Zachary, Sergey, and Vladic; and two sisters, Doris (Robert) Bentz, and Janice Larkin of Sacramento CA.

She was preceded in death by her parents, two brothers John and Joseph, and one sister Mary.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Tuesday, August 28, 2007 at 11:00AM at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Kenosha. Visitation will be at the church on Tuesday from 10:00AM until the time of mass. Burial will take place at a later date at All Saints Catholic Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, memorials would be appreciated to the Shalom Center (1713 62nd Avenue, Kenosha, WI 53142).