Mary "Mary Lou" Grimm

Providence - Mary “Mary Lou” Grimm passed away peacefully at The Highlands in Providence, R.I., in the company of her family on Monday, January 10, 2022. Mary Lou was born in Delaware to William McDowell & Federica McDowell on December 19, 1927, the middle of 11 children. Mary grew up in the Prices Corner area and attended Conrad High School. She graduated in 1945 and had many of her classmates serve in war. Mary met a man named Charles Coxe who wore a pair of orange moccasins on their first date. They married in 1949 and started a family. Mary is survived by her three children; Charles “Chuck” Coxe, Jr. and his wife, Liza, of Tucson AZ, Robert “Bob” Coxe of Millville, NJ. and Diane “Dee” Alper of Kingman, AZ and Pawtucket, R.I. Mary is also survived by 6 grandchildren and 1 great-grandchild. Charles passed away in March of 1975 after a long illness following a stroke. Mary later met Russ Grimm at a Parents Without Partners event. They married in 1976 and soon moved to Thomaston, Maine. Both loved their...