Mary Beatrice (Phares) Grubb

Mary Beatrice (Phares) Grubb maintained her keen sense of style and artistic eye throughout her 93 years of life.

Mary was born on July 16, 1932 to Eva and Leonard Phares of Shelbyville, IN (both deceased). She had an older brother, Jack Phares (deceased), and two younger sisters, Beverly Sue (Phares) Grubb and Jean (Phares) Lovitt.

After graduating from Shelbyville High School, Mary attended the Art Institute in Chicago.

She married Frank Grubb (deceased) on June 1, 1958. Mary and Frank raised their two daughters, Katherine (Grubb) Schirm (deceased) and Stephanie (Grubb) Dayton in South Bend, IN.

She worked for the Housing Allowance Office and United Way.

Later in life, Mary moved to McCordsville, IN to be closer to her daughter. Continuing Mary’s legacy are daughter Stephanie, son-in-law Paul Dayton, grandchildren Katharine Harding, Jacob Harding, Jadie Heberlein, and great grandchildren Parker and Madison.

A Celebration of Life will be held on Sunday, August 17, 2025 at Moon Drops Distillery in Fortville, IN at 1:30pm.

In lieu of flowers please make donations to the American Cancer Society https://donate.cancer.org

Services have been entrusted to Freeman Family Funeral Homes and Crematory, 819 S. Harrison St. in Shelbyville.

Online condolences may be shared with Mary’s family at www.freemanfamilyfuneralhomes.com.