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Merilyn Gram Hardy, 63

Merilyn Gram Hardy, of Rathdrum, Idaho, passed away peacefully in her home the morning of Thursday, May 25, 2018 at the age of 63, due to complications of Type 1 diabetes (a.k.a. juvenile diabetes). She was born in Missoula, Mont. on April 7, 1955, to Theodore Lloyd Gram and Lois Garden Connell.

Merilyn grew up in Missoula, graduating from Sentinel High School. She attended Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Wash., graduating with a bachelor’s degree in music and elementary education. She returned to her home state to teach at the elementary school in Heron. She met and married her husband in Heron. Together, they lived in Klamath River, Calif., Coeur d’Alene and Rathdrum, Idaho. In recent years, Merilyn worked as the testing center coordinator at North Idaho College. She enjoyed choral music, needlepoint crafts, and was an involved member of Trinity Lutheran Church in Coeur d’Alene. Merilyn also sang with the NIC Chamber Singers, volunteered for Family Promise of North Idaho and the Rathdrum Chamber of Commerce. Her kind and generous heart will be missed among all those who knew her.

Merilyn is survived by her husband, Christopher Hardy of Rathdrum; son, Jordan Hardy of Moscow, Idaho; daughter, Erica and her husband, Robert Jacobs of Spokane Valley, Wash., and one grandchild, Timothy Jacobs of Spokane Valley. She is also survived by brother, Stephen and his wife, Judy Gram of Dallas, Ore.; and several nieces and nephews.

A memorial service to celebrate the life of Merilyn will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, July 14, 2018, at Trinity Lutheran Church, 812 N. Fifth St., Coeur d’Alene, ID 83814, with a reception immediately following. Should friends desire, memorial contributions may be sent to Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF).

Yates Funeral Home has been entrusted with the care of final arrangements.