Patricia Grant

Patricia Ann Grant, 72 of Ship Bottom, NJ passed away on Thursday, May 28, 2020 from complications resulting from a surgery. Patti was born to parents Rosalie Cranmer and Veldrin "Bub" Cranmer on June 4, 1947 in Atlantic City, NJ. She enjoyed growing up on Bay Avenue in Manahawkin and graduated from Southern Regional High School in 1965. After graduation, she pursued a career as a hair stylist and worked at Ebe’s Beauty Salon in Beach Haven Terrace for several years. After raising her children, she followed her passion for gardening and started a new career in garden and landscaping centers, spending the last 15 years at Kline Brothers Landscaping in Manahawkin.

There was nothing she loved more than her family and always put them first. Her children always felt her unconditional love and support, from their memories of her as a brownie leader and BMX mom, to her latest role as the doting “Mom Mom” cheering on her grandchildren at their sporting events and school shows.

Patti was such a sweet, kind, and generous soul with a giant heart. She loved to talk to people and made friends wherever she went. She was blessed with a special group of friends, the “Birthday Girls”, whose love and loyalty to each other for nearly 50 years was beyond measure. A beautiful gift she was truly thankful for.

“Home is where the heart is” as they say and that’s where Patti’s was. There was nowhere else she would rather be than at her home on 7th street. Everyone was welcome at her kitchen table and on her front porch for a laugh, a cry or just some conversation. She loved being a life-long resident of the Manahawkin and Long Beach Island and was very proud of its history, for which she loved to share in story.

Patti is survived by her son Gary Grant (Nicole) of Ship Bottom; daughter Jodi Christopher (Scott) of Middletown, NJ; their father Gregory Grant of Forked River; and grandchildren Will, Mason and Tessa Christopher. She was preceded in death by her brother Bobby Cranmer, and parents Bub and Rosalie Cranmer.

Visitation services will be at Thos. L. Shinn Funeral Home in Manahawkin on Tuesday, 6/2 from 6-8:00 pm with a graveside service at Greenwood Cemetery at 11:00 am on Wednesday 6/3. Expressions of sympathy can be made to the Deborah Hospital Foundation, www.deborahfoundation.org.

To leave online condolences and fond memories of Patti for the Grant family, please visit www.shinnfuneralhome.com