Rosan Carey Granstrand Obituary (1921

Rosan Carey Granstrand, 95, of Selah, passed away September 8, 2016, at Riverview Manor in Selah, WA. Rosan was born August 28, 1921, in the home of her maternal great-grandmother in Ellensburg, Washington. Her parents were Harkley H. and Isabelle (Wade) Carey. After graduating from Ellensburg High School in 1939, she was employed as a switchboard operator for the Ellensburg Telephone Company, where she met her husband-to-be, Richard (Dick) Granstrand, who was a lineman for the company. She also became a legal secretary for E.K. Brown, who was an attorney and community leader in Ellensburg. She was employed in that position until her husband returned from his overseas assignment as a tail gunner on a B-17 during World War II. They were married May 29, 1942. At that time, they moved to Las Vegas, where Dick was a gunnery instructor for the Army Air Corps. Sue joined the family in 1945. After Dicks discharge from the military, they lived in Yakima where he was employed by Pacific Northwest Bell for many years. During the time they lived in Yakima, they had four more children join the family, who all attended Wide Hollow Grade School in West Valley, where their father had also been a student. After her youngest child entered school, Rosan returned to the work force at the Washington State Employment Service and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service. In 1972, when Dick was transferred to Seattle, he and Rosan moved to Bainbridge Island and lived there for 10 years. After his retirement, they returned to Yakima and enjoyed living in a condo at Suntides Golf Course, where they were avid golfers. They also enjoyed traveling and spending six months a year every year in the Southwest. Rosan is preceded in death by her husband in 1993, and is survived by two daughters, Sue Terrell (Warren) of Yakima, and Carol Hatten (Doug) of Kennewick, three sons, Rick of Selah, Denny (Christine Reed) and Doug (Natalie Fleury) all of Yakima; ten grandchildren, five great-grandchildren and two more on the way, and two great-great-grandchildren whom she loved dearly; by her sister-in-law Rhoda Carey of Yakima, and by a special friend Betty Tester of Selah. A family gathering will be held at a later date.