Rick Grace

Birth:	May 14, 1961 Lafayette Tippecanoe County Indiana, USA
Death:	Aug. 27, 1978 West Lafayette Tippecanoe County Indiana, USA
Richard Cummings Grace, 17-year-old son of Prof. and Mrs. Richard E. Grace of West Lafayette, was killed in an automobile accident along Ind. 43 near Mascouten Park in West Lafayette. Two of his classmates were also killed and a fourth was seriously injured. Born at Lafayette, he was a lifelong resident of West Lafayette. He was a senior at West Lafayette High School and was a guard on the football team; the accident occurred just hours after he played in a 42-16 victory over Rensselaer Saturday night. He was a summer employee of Purdue University and a member of Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church. Surviving with his parents is a sister, Virginia L. Grace, at home; paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Grace of St. Petersburg, FL; and maternal grandmother, Mrs. John T. Fotos. Funeral mass will be Aug. 30 at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church, Father Donald E. Hardebeck officiating; entombment Tippecanoe Memory Gardens Mausoleum. --Lafayette Journal & Courier - Mon 8/28/1978 **West Lafayette High School Memorial Athletic Scholarship Fund was established in 1978 in memory of James Segrist, Steven Tompkins, and Richard Grace (Class of 1978). It now honors many former students, staff, and friends of WLHS athletics. One or more scholarships, depending on earnings, are awarded each year to student athletes selected for their scholarship, athletic accomplishments, and sportsmanship.

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