Excerpt from the Jamaica Observer column published on Monday February 7, 2022
By Jean Lowrie-Chin
Fellow Alpha alumna Maxine Brown shared this tribute to our schoolmate Claudette Grannum.
“The Convent of Mercy Academy “Alpha”, family, and dear friends are mourning the loss of our dear alumna Claudette Grannum, who passed away on January 11. She will be remembered for her valiant fight with the debilitating disease muscular dystrophy and having defied the odds of science, which projected a life expectancy of approximately 26 years Claudette celebrated her 72nd birthday in December last year.
“Although confined to a wheelchair from her teenage years, Claudette did not complain, but used it as a platform to help others who were in need. Tributes poured in from around the globe, particularly from young persons, who lauded her for having assisted them in moving on to higher studies, allowing them to attain professions in the medical and other fields as she either housed them in her family home in Harbour View, during their years of studies, and solicited funds from her long-standing friends and her alma mater community to facilitate their tertiary education.”
A service of thanksgiving was held for Claudette last Wednesday. May she rest in peace.
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