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Grace Virginia Winn

October 19, 2023
Annapolis, MD. formerly Kalamazoo, MI

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Grace Virginia (Kruizenga/Clark) Winn, age 95, passed away October 19, 2023, at Annapolis, Maryland. She was born April 11, 1928, in Kalamazoo, Michigan to Benjamin & Doris (Revore) Kruizenga & being their only child, she was their pride & joy. As a 1946 graduate of Kalamazoo Central High School, she held 2 rare & amazing records: She never missed a day of school & she had straight A's from Kindergarten through 12th grade! She graduated from Bronson Nursing School in 1949 & went on to receive her BS degree from Western Michigan University. While a Registered Nurse, she held various positions over 40 years, but her greatest joy came from her job at home raising her 3 daughters in Portage, Michigan. She retired to Dunnellon, Florida at the age of 62 with her 2nd husband, Bill Winn. In her retirement, Grace spent much of her time travelling the world & visiting her children & grandchildren who were spread around the country. She attended the United Methodist Church most of her life & enjoyed volunteering there, serving others. She was a kind & gentle woman who leaves a legacy of being devoted to her parents & her family & that is high praise. A special debt of gratitude goes out to Ginger Cove Retirement Center in Annapolis, Maryland, where she lived near her loving & dedicated daughter, Jody, & to the outstanding staff & caregivers there who treated her with such compassionate care for almost 14 years. Grace is preceded in death by her parents, her first husband & father of her girls, William G. Clark, & her second husband, William D. Winn. She is survived by her 3 daughters, Pam (Chris) Knapp of Oviedo, Florida, Cathy (Scott) Terpstra of Folsom, California, & Jody (Gail) Clark of Crownsville, Maryland, her 6 grandchildren & 11 great-grandchildren. At her request, Grace has been cremated & will rest next to her loved ones in Mount Ever Rest Memorial Park in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Services to honor Grace are pending at this time. Because of Grace's affection for dogs & their love for her, we ask that memorial donations be made in Grace's honor to: SPCA of Anne Arundel County at https://donatenow.networkforgood.org/AACSPCA. Online condolences may be made at www.LastingTributesFuneralCare.com