March 28, 2024

Clarice Grear

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Clarice Grear, 91, of Wakefield, Rhode Island, passed away on February 4, 2021. Clarice was born in Winfield, Tennessee, to the late Virgil and Frances (Troxel) Simpson.

She was a graduate of the Peabody College of Vanderbilt University and became an English teacher near Atlanta, Georgia. Clarice and her beloved husband, J. Malcolm Grear, moved to Rhode Island in 1960, lived nearby on their small farm in Rehoboth, Massachusetts from 1972-2013, and moved to Wakefield in 2013.

Clarice is survived by her sister Sheila Thompson (“Cookie”), her four children, Joel Grear, Amie Grear Ray, Jason Grear, Leah Grear, their spouses and partners her nine grandchildren, three great grandchildren, and many loving nieces and nephews.

After Malcolm’s passing in 2016, Clarice lived her remaining years tending her gardens, reading, challenging us all with her sharp intellect, and hosting fun evenings with her family and her many dear friends.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests contributions in loving memory of Clarice be made to the Audubon Society of Rhode Island (asri.org) or to The Malcolm Grear Endowed Scholarship at the Rhode Island School of Design (to do so by mail, a check payable to RISD may be sent to Attn: Institutional Engagement, RISD, 2 College St, Providence, RI 02903 and should include a note indicating the name of the scholarship). There is no immediate plan for a funeral or memorial service.

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