Grace Yueh-Ching Roberts was born on January 22, 1935 in Taipei, Taiwan, into a large family of ten children whose grandfather rose from banana inspector to exporter. Growing up during Japanese occupation, she learned Chinese and Japanese and witnessed wartime hardships, such as soldiers dismantling her home’s iron gates. After World War II, she worked for the U.S. Military Assistance Advisory Group, where she met American soldier Steve Mamic Sr.; after a extended courtship, they married and she immigrated to the United States on Columbus Day 1960 with less than $100. Settling first in Los Angeles and then Grand Junction, Colorado, Grace built a life of steady work—first at a tax preparer followed by a 32 year career at Palisade National Bank where she rose from cashier to Vice President. She raised two sons, was an active member of the Lutheran Church of Messiah and established a lasting legacy of four grandchildren and 1 great grandson.

Funeral services we'll be held at the Messiah Lutheran Church in Grand Junction, Colorado on Friday May 8th at 10:30 AM.