Tehya M. Grimm, 18, Rochester, passed away at 1:30 p.m Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2015, at Memorial Hospital, South Bend, as a result of an automobile accident.

She was born May 22, 1997, in Warsaw to Richard “Richie” J. and Mary (Spaulding) Grimm.

Tehya was a 2015 graduate of Tippecanoe Valley High School. She attended the Warsaw Community Church. She loved riding her horse Cisco Kid, a Walker, and watching her stepdad Heath race modified at Plymouth Speedway and other local tracks. She planned on attending Ivy Tech this fall to begin her education in mortuary science. She worked at Schwartz Country Kitchen, Akron.

Survivors include mother: Mary (Heath) Gagnon, Rochester; brother: Anthony Spaulding, Rochester; paternal grandparents: Shirley (Richard) Wine, Warsaw; and Dick Grimm, Rochester; maternal grandparents: Gail and Charlie Sagun, Tippecanoe; and step-grandparents: Terry Gagnon, Akron; and Georgia Moudy, Rochester.

She was preceded in death by her father: Richard “Richie” J. Grimm, in 2002; brother: Christopher Alan Grimm; and step-grandmother: Donna Grimm.

Funeral service is 1 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 18, at King Memorial Home, Mentone, with Pastor Dennis Wilson officiating. Interment will be at Mentone Cemetery, Mentone. Memorial contributions may be made to the donor’s choice in Tehya’s name

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