Estella M L Trent's Obituary
ESTELLA MARY LEE TRENT WAS BORN ON APRIL 28, 1939 IN SUMTER, SC.
“STELLA” OR “GEE GEE” AS SHE WAS AFFECTIONATELY KNOWN, WAS THE 2ND CHILD BORN TO THE LATE ERNEST GRANT SR AND ANNA BUTLER GRANT BALL. STELLA WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER SISTER, ANNIE MAE BUTLER WILLIAMS AND THREE BROTHERS: ERNEST JR, MARION AND TYRONE GRANT.
STELLA RECEIVED HER EDUCATION IN NEW YORK CITY AND GRADUATED FROM WASHINGTON IRVING HIGH SCHOOL FOR GIRLS IN 1957. STELLA WOULD JOKE ABOUT HOW THE SCHOOL WAITED UNTIL AFTER SHE GRADUATED TO TURN COED.
STRAIGHT OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL, STELLA WAS EMPLOYED WITH A MANUFACTURING COMPANY THAT MADE DESIGNER SHOES FOR MOVIE STARS. LATER, THE SHOES THAT SHE HAD ACTUALLY DESIGNED WITH GEMS AND RHINESTONES, WERE SOLD IN DEPARTMENT STORES LIKE MACEY’S, GIMBLES & BLOOMINGDALE.
ALSO DURING THAT TIME, STELLA MET A MILITARY MAN, LEROY TRENT (WHO PRECEDED HER IN DEATH). IN NOVEMBER OF 1962 THEY WERE WED. OUT OF THIS UNION: WANDA, VIRGINIA & TONI.
STELLA ENJOYED TRAVELING AS THE DILIGENT MILITARY WIFE AND MOTHER WHEN SHE REALIZED, SHE WANTED TO GO BACK TO WORK.
IN NOVEMBER OF 1974, SHE BECAME EMPLOYED IN THE FOOD SERVICE WORKING BOTH ON FT. LEWIS AND MCCHORD AFB. STELLA WAS ELEVATED TO A FOOD SERVICE MANAGER BEFORE RETIRING AFTER 30 YEARS IN JUNE OF 2004 DUE TO ILLNESS.
EARLY IN THE MORNING ON JUNE 14, 2017, THE LORD COULDN’T WAIT AND LONGER AND CAME TO TAKE ONE OF HIS ANGEL’S HOME.
STELLA LEAVES TO CHERISH HER MEMORIES, HER DAUGHTERS: WANDA L. TRENT OF PHILADELPHIA, PA, VIRGINIA TRENT-SWIFT (LIONEL) AND TONI TRENT-EBERHARDT (JASON) OF TACOMA, WA,; ONE SURVING SISTER, ODESSA CARRATINI OF LUMBERTON, NC; TWO BROTHER-IN-LAWS, EDWIN (MARGARET) OF TACOMA WA AND KENNETH TRENT OF NY; 3 SISTER-IN-LAWS: ELIZABETH GRANT OF MIDDLEBURGE FL, YVON AND DEBORAH TRENT OF NY; 10 GRAND CHILDREN, SEVEN GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN, AND A HOST OF COUSINS, NIECES, NEPHEWS AND FRIENDS.
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