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Corey Jerald Grant

Corey Jerald Grant passed away on April 19, 2018, from complications of Multiple Myeloma, a form of cancer. Corey was born on June 9, 1971, in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, the youngest of three sons. Corey grew up in a loving family, in Coeur d’Alene, where he attended school, graduating from Coeur d’Alene High School in 1989. He attended North Idaho College, then earned his BA from Bethany University, in Scotts Valley, Calif., in 1994, on a music scholarship. Corey returned to Coeur d’Alene after college where he worked for Huntwood Industries.

Corey attended Coeur d’Alene First Assembly of God throughout his childhood, teen years and young adulthood, and was very involved in youth leadership and in Royal Rangers, a boy-scout-type program, earning the Gold Medal of Achievement, equal to the Boy Scouts’ Eagle Scout Award. He went on to be a Senior Commander in Royal Rangers as an adult. He loved the various activities of Royal Rangers, from camping, to scripture memorization, to pinewood derby. Corey had a heart for missions and made several short-term mission trips to Uganda, where his cousins were missionaries.

In 2004, Corey met and fell in love with Mindy Souza, from Lodi, Calif. They married in September of that year and spent nearly 10 years in Lodi. They were blessed with two beautiful children: Jayden Cole Grant, age 11, and Abbie Kay Grant, age 9. They moved to Lake Stevens, Wash., in 2013, when Corey became a financial advisor for Edward Jones Investments. Their family has attended and been very involved in Bethany Christian Assembly, in Everett, Wash.

Corey is survived by his wife, Mindy; son, Jayden; daughter, Abbie; parents, Art and Margie Grant; brothers Dennis (Annette) Grant and Perry (Kathy) Grant; aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces and nephews. He is also survived by many, many friends in Washington, Idaho, Montana and California. He was preceded in death by paternal grandparents, Carl “Toddy” and Ruth Grant and maternal grandparents, Burt Parnell and Mary Nordby.

Corey will be remembered as a loving husband, father, son, brother, uncle, cousin and friend. He loved to be with people, and always had a smile and an uplifting word. He loved basketball, fishing, barbecuing and generally having a good time. Mostly, he loved his family and his Lord Jesus Christ. Even in illness, Corey made a huge impact on everyone around him. He will be dearly missed.

A celebration of life was held at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, April 24, 2018, at Bethany Christian Assembly, 2715 Everett Ave., Everett, Wash. There will be a burial service at 11 a.m on Saturday, April 28, 2018, in Post Falls, Idaho, and a celebration of life at 1 p.m., at First Assembly of God, in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Royal Rangers program of BCA, 2715 Everett Ave., Everett, WA 98201; and to the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, 825 Eastlake Avenue E., Seattle, WA 98109. Please share memories with the family at www.beckstributecenter.com.

We offer our deep and heartfelt thanks to the ICU staff at Providence Hospital in Everett, and to the team at the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance.

We will forever carry Corey’s memory in our hearts and look forward to the day we are reunited in Heaven. “Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent” John 17:3.