Pat Grant, wife of Vikings coach(Bud Grant), dies

StarTribune ^ | 3/4/09 | Tim Harlow

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

Pat Grant, 81, wife of legendary Minnesota Vikings coach Bud Grant and mother of Eden Prairie High School football coach and athletic director Mike Grant, died Wednesday in Fairview Southdale Hospital in Edina of complications from Parkinson's disease.

She volunteered for 30 years at Fairview Southdale, where she ran errands and delivered supplies.

She spent most of her time in the Family Lounge, where she comforted families who had loved ones in the Intensive Care Unit. She logged more than 6,000 hours of volunteer service from October 1973 to May 2003, said Pamela Mills, manager of Volunteer Services.

"She was a gem," Mills said. "She was a sweet, humble volunteer who did whatever was needed. Everybody loved her."

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

I met Pat and later, Bud...when my Dad was undergoing tests for his cancer at Fairview Southdale.

Thank you Pat. We're going to miss you.

[fieldmarshaldj]

RIP.

[Kimmers]

I grew up in MN during the days of Bud Grant.....I always admired him, he seemed like a great guy. It has been said that behind every great guy is a great woman and in this case it seems to be true.....She will be missed.....

[NormsRevenge]

Condolences to the Grant family in this time of great loss..