A memorial service for Grace McGrath will be held at 5 p.m., Saturday, July 17, 1993 in the Babcock Theatre of the Pioneer Memorial Theatre on the campus of the University of Utah.
She died at her home in Salt Lake City, April 7, 1993. She was born to Ada M. and Thomas Coppin in Murray, Utah, April 26, 1910. Following her graduation from the LDS High School in Salt Lake City and the University of California at Los Angeles, Grace Coppin achieved success in New York City as an actor on Broadway and in network radio drama. She was married to Byron McGrath, also a successful New York actor, October 7, 1939.The McGraths moved to Salt Lake City in the mid 1950's and operated a popular downtown restaurant for approximately three years. After her husband was appointed to the University of Utah Theatre Department faculty, Mrs. McGrath became active in the University of Utah Women's Club. She also performed in several University of Utah Theatre productions and in 1961-62 she organized the University Theatre Guild.
Throughout the years of her adult residence in Utah, Grace McGrath was continually involved, most often anonymously, in helping and encouraging disadvantaged children and young people and in bringing sustenance and good cheer to older people in nursing homes.
She is survived by her son, Dennis McGrath, of Berlin, Germany; her brother, Frank Coppin, of Bountiful, Utah; and two nieces and nephews.
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