Donald James Grant, 87, of Kiel was called to his eternal home on Sunday, December 15, 2024 at Sheboygan Progressive Health Service. A Christian Funeral Service will be conducted at 11am on Monday, December 23, 2024 at Trinity Lutheran Church (387 Cemetery Rd. Kiel) with the Rev. Brett Naumann, Rev. Isaiah Horn and Vicar Jacob Lewis officiating. Committal at the Mishicot Public Cemetery family plot will follow.

Donald was born at home on June 3, 1937 in Marinette, WI, to the late Roy Albert and Adeline Marie (nee Reidinger) Grant. He was baptized into the Christian Faith and confirmed at Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Marinette. Don graduated from the eighth grade at Lourdes School in 1954 and from Marinette High School on June 3, 1958.  He enlisted with the US Army and began his basic training on November 20, 1958 at Fort Leonardwood, MO and enrolled in Aircraft Electrician School at Fort Eustis, VA. Don was deployed to Fliegerhorst-Kaserne, Hanau, Germany where he served during the Berlin Wall crisis and received his honorable discharge on October 31, 1962. After his return home in February of 1962, he settled in Kiel WI with the family of his sister, Sylvia Williams.  His first employer after the service was with Chilton Aluminium Specialty. He then was employed in June 1963 at the former Stoelting Bros. Plant as an assembler and transferred to their new office in 1973 as a manufacturing engineer, a position he held until his retirement in 2002. He was a member of their 25 year club since 1988. Don was a former member of the Kiel Horseshoe and Bowling Leagues and also was a lifetime member of the Kiel Fish and Game Club where he enjoyed trap shooting at various clubs. He looked forward to vegetable gardening with Audrey and manning his grape arbor and fruit tree while making wine from 1971 until 2015.

Donald was united in marriage to the love of his life, Audrey (nee Kobes) on October 24, 1970 at St. Peters Lutheran Church, Mishicot and became a member of Trinity Lutheran Church, Kiel in January of 1971.  He served many years as an usher for Trinity Church and maintenance of its grounds including lawn mowing and snow blowing for over 25 years and was on the church cleaning schedule for more than 10 years. Don volunteered many hours in various duties during the construction of Trinity's new church and school in 2003-2004. He looked forward to golf outings with the "Trinity Trotters" during his retirement and most of all looked forward to time spent with his out-of-state children and grandsons.

Donald is survived by his wife of 54 years, Audrey, a daughter and son-in-law, Karen (Chris) Spagnuolo, son and daughter-in-law, David (Jennifer) Grant, grandsons, Noah and Luke Spagnuolo, Darrin and Dayton Grant, two sisters, Marie Kitkowski and Barbara Smitha, three brothers and a sister-in-law; Dale (friend Pat), Roy, Jeffrey (Diana) Grant. His Godchildren; Rodney, Charlie, Debbie and Lori. He was preceded in death by his parents, sisters and brothers-in-law; Dolores (Vernon) Dionne, Sylvia (Wayburn) Williams, Sandra Anderson, Charles Newlin Sr., Chickie Hayward and Greg Kitkowski. Seven infant brothers and sisters and several nieces also preceded him along with a sister-in-law Carol (Reuben) Stuebs, brother-in-law, Allan (Bonnie) Kobes and his father-in-law and mother-in-law; John and Adeline Kobes.

Family and friends may visit with Donald's family at Trinity Lutheran Church, 387 Cemetery Road, Kiel, on December 23, 2024 from 9:00 a.m. until 10:45 a.m. until the time of service at 11 a.m.  A memorial fund has been established in Donald's name for Trinity Lutheran Church and School.  Please visit www.meiselwitzfh.com to send online condolences.

The family extends sincere thanks to Rev. Naumann, Rev. Horn and Vicar Lewis for their many visits and prayers, also the staff at DaVita Dialysis Center, Sheboygan; Kiel Senior Citizens Transportation Staff the past seven years, Kiel Fire Department Ambulance Service, staff at Sheboygan Progressive Health Service for their wonderful care given to Donald the past month along with Advocate Aurora Health Hospice Team for their comfort care during Donald's final days.   Special thanks to former neighbors Frank and Connie, close friends Bill and Linda, condo neighbors and Trinity's family for friendship and help at any given moment.