Grace Anne ("Gracie") Zake
Born: Fri., Aug. 21, 1931
Died: Tue., Jul. 7, 2015
Visitation
3:00 PM to 5:00 PM, Mon., Jul. 13, 2015
7:00 PM to 9:00 PM, Mon., Jul. 13, 2015
Location: G. J. Gonce Funeral Home, P.A.
Mass of Christian Burial
11:00 AM Tue., Jul. 14, 2015
Location: St. Jane Frances Church
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On July 7, Grace Anne Zake (nee Jacobs) passed away at the Baltimore Washington Medical Center after a brief illness.
Grace was born on Aug. 21, 1931 in Baltimore, the only daughter of the late James A. and Mary Claire Jacobs. She graduated from St. Martin's HS and began her career at US Steel Corp. until her marriage in 1956 to the late Donald A. Zake. She continued to work at the family jewelry business while raising their three children, Donna, David and Diane. Grace was the devoted grandmother to Rachel, Jessica, Jamie, Leah, Elizabeth and Courtney and great grandmother to Brody, Kara and Roman. She is preceded in death by her brothers, James A. Jr and Charles Wyatt Jacobs. She is survived by her brother John A. Jacobs and his wife Barbara.
Grace was an active member of St. Jane Frances Church, St. Jane's Senior Group and the Poplar Ridge Senior Group. She leaves behind a large number of relatives and friends.
Family requests friends visit on Monday from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 PM at the Gregory J. Gonce Funeral Home, PA, 169 Riviera Drive, Pasadena. On Tuesday, the procession will leave the funeral home at 10:30 AM to go to a Mass of Christian Burial which will be held in St. Jane Frances Church, 8499 Virginia Ave, Riviera Beach, at 11 AM. Her interment will follow in Maryland Veteran's Cemetery, Crownsville. Those who wish may contribute to St. Jane Frances Church, and feel free to leave your condolences here as well.
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