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ADOLESCENT DENTISTRY
Marion and Jay Grant
and the families of
Dr. Arnold & Linda Golnick and
Dr. Jason & Marla Golnick
Wish their family, friends & patients a
Happy Passover
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For State Rept:esentativ
Enjoy a happy and healthy
Passover
Robert Lawrence, Candiate for
State House District 40
www.electrobertiawrence.org
Paid for by the Committee to Elect Robert Lawrence
Sue Pearl
Special to the Jewish News
R
ecounting the story of Jay
Grant's life would be dif-
ficult without the help of his
wife, Marion. Jay, 89, and Marian,
86, have been married for more than
69 years. Marion's heartfelt explana-
tion is simple. "Who better to tell his
story than me?"
When Jay and Marion met, he
was 19 and she was just two weeks
shy of her 16th birthday. "I lied to
Jay and told him that I was 17," said
Marion, who met her future husband
at a dance at the Jewish Community
Center in Detroit in 1941. "Jay kept
pursuing me, but I wanted to have
nothing to do with him. I told my
mother, 'Tell that arrogant fellow
with the black curly hair that I don't
want to see him!' Jay wouldn't give
up though."
A year and a half later they were
engaged. Right before their engage-
ment party, Jay received his draft
notice from the Army. The couple
had a very small wedding at an
aunt's house before he had to leave
for duty.
Jay was a classified engineer,
a B-24 gunner. "I was very lucky
because just before I was supposed
to be deployed overseas, it was
announced that the war had ended:'
he said.
After the war, Jay and Marion
raised their five children in Detroit.
They currently live in Southfield.
"It wasn't easy in the beginning
for us:' said Marion, whose husband
sometimes worked seven days a
week, holding down three jobs at
a time. "Jay would say, 'A man does
what he has to do ... my life is my
family.' He never complained."
One summer in the early 1960s,
both Jay and Marion simultaneously
were recuperating from emergency
surgeries. (He had a double-hernia
and she had a tumor removed.) "We
always did like to do everything
together," joked Jay.
"That summer, our five children
[ages 12,13,14,16 and 19 at the
time] literally supported us:' said
Marion. "They all got various jobs
from delivering newspapers to work-
ing at a carry-out restaurant. The
kids paid all the bills including our
mortgage. They have all since grown
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April 5 . 2012