Grace Urbahns

Grace Urbahns (1886 – 13 November 1968 Grace was active in the Republican Party and served as National Committeewoman from Indiana.

Political life Grace's husband Bernhardt H. Urbahns was elected Treasurer of State of Indiana and had only served one year of his term when he died January 21, 1926, after an operation for a kidney infection. Governor Ed Jackson had made a promise to Ben shortly before he went to the hospital that he would name Grace as his successor to Treasurer of State if anything happened to him. Grace was appointed by the Governor to the office on January 26, 1926. The appointment was announced in the newspapers the day after her husband's death. The term ended February 10, 1927.

For the election of November 1926, she was held in such high esteem by the men and women of the Republican Party that no one considered opposing her nomination to treasurer. At that time, no other political party had elected any women to this high of office.

The re-election campaign provided her a great deal of experience in giving speeches which she gave in nearly every county. The result was that she received a majority of the votes. She received over 5000 of the near 6000 votes in her home county of Porter. She also received more votes in her opponent's home county.

She was twice re-elected to the office. Each term being 2 years in length.

After leaving the office of treasurer, she became a national committeewoman of the Republican Party and served through the presidential election of 1936, 1940, and 1944. She was the director of Women's Activities of the Western Division of the Republican Party during the presidential election of 1936. During 1940 and 1944 she was a national committee assistant in New York City and Washington D.C. was born in Jasper County, Indiana. She received her early education in Chicago schools and graduated from Valparaiso University (1906-1908

She moved to Cambridge City after her marriage. Grace and Frank moved to Fort Wayne in 1960 when he sold his business. She is buried in Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis, Indiana.