Pauline Sumner Grace

Born on December 1905 to Catherine Lou Sumner Grace and Frank Grace. Sister of Verdi Altrude Grace, Frances Maxine Grace, and Bernard Leroy Grace. Passed away on April 14 1983 from lung and brain cancer.

m Lawrence Halsey Hand on July 2 1925 in Alexander SD

children William Warren Hand, Linda Lorraine Hand (age 7 days), Lawrence Bernard Hand (age 2 days)

Born in Sanborn, O'Brien County, Iowa. Passed away in Webster, Harris County, Texas.

Pauline and Lawrence ran away to Alexander SD to get married, as her parents were not happy about her marrying at age 20. They lived for a time in Sault Ste Marie Michigan soon after their marriage. Lawrence was a motion picture operator and the president of the local stagehands and electricians union. Lawrence later passed away of a heart attack while driving.