HAVERHILL: George H. Grammont, 81, died Wednesday afternoon at his home following a long illness. Mr. Grammont was the husband of Jean A. (Reagan) Grammont.

Born in Haverhill December 23, 1926, Mr. Grammont was the son of the late George H. and Dorothy B. (Colby) Grammont.

He had been employed seventeen years as a Jig Grinder at the former AT&T before his retirement in 1988. During the war he served in the Navy onboard the USS Westmoreland (APA 104) before his discharge in 1946 with the rate of YNT3. Mr. Grammont was a member of the Riverside Memorial Church, member and past president of the Haverhill Grange, and member of the American Legion in Boston.

Besides his wife of 58 years his family includes his daughters Lynn M. McNamara and her husband M. Thomas of Bradford, Kathleen L. Young and husband Stephen of Goffstown, NH; sons Michael S. Grammont and wife Edith of Nottingham, NH, Scott L. Grammont of Haverhill; seven grandchildren; two great grandchildren; sister Marylou Wedge of Andover, daughter-in-law Kelly Grammont of Haverhill. He was the father of the late Jeffrey L. Grammont.

Friends are invited to attend a memorial service Wednesday 7:00 p.m. at Dole, Childs & Shaw Funeral Home, 148 Main Street, Haverhill. Calling hours will precede the service from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. Interment at Linwood Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to Merrimack Valley Hospice, 360 Merrimack Street, Lawrence, MA 01843. Online condolences may be sent to www.dcsfuneralhome.com