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A Life Lived with Grace

Grace Helen Sims

April 12, 1933 - December 17, 2025

Grace Helen Sims was born on April 12, 1933, to Mattie Jones Sims, and was loving raised by George, who embraced her as his own. As the eldest of fourteen siblings, Grace was the first to leave Grenada, Mississippi, to make her way to Chicago. In true big-sister fashion, many of her siblings lived with her at one time or …

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Born

April 12th, 1933
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Passed away

December 17th, 2025
Chicago, IL

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