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In 1973, Grace Baptist Church in Kankakee, Illinois, founded Grace Baptist Academy as a school for kindergarten through sixth grade. In 1975 the academy expanded to serve junior high students, and in 1977, added high school classes. [1] It is a private, non-profit corporation. [7] [8]
Grace Groner (April 4, 1909 – January 19, 2010) was an American woman recognized after her death for a posthumous gift of seven million dollars to her alma mater, Lake Forest College. Biography [ edit ]
Grace Episcopal Church, also known as Grace Church, is a parish church of the Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Chicago, located in Galena, Illinois. The church is the oldest continually operating Episcopal parish church in Illinois. [1] Located at 109 South Prospect Street at Hill Street, the church sits on a hill overlooking downtown Galena.
Grace Groner worked as a secretary for medical device giant Abbott Laboratories for 43 years. She lived in a tiny one-bedroom cottage, didn’t own a car and bought her clothes at rummage sales.
Grace Mary Stern (née Dain; July 10, 1925 – May 17, 1998) was an American Democratic politician who served in both houses of the Illinois legislature, but was unsuccessful in her 1982 run for Lieutenant Governor, which would have made her the first woman in Illinois history to hold elected statewide office.
Grace Episcopal Church (founded in 1851) is the second oldest Episcopal congregation in Chicago, Illinois, United States.Since December 1985 it has occupied its 6th location, in a former printing works located at 637 South Dearborn Street in the Printer's Row neighborhood.
Grace Presbyterian Church, Peoria, IL. Initially called the Fourth Ward Mission School, Grace Presbyterian was founded in 1862 as a Sunday School for area youth. It was associated with the Old School Presbyterian Church, [2] which identified with Calvinist Orthodoxy and emphasized education over revivalism. The school was sponsored by the ...
Rebekah Grace "Gracie" Kiltz (May 17, 1992 – September 8, 2018) was the inspiration for two non-profit organizations: His Grace Foundation [1] and Brookwood in Georgetown, Texas. [2] Gracie was born with Down syndrome in 1992, battled leukemia and experienced life-altering brain damage.