Great-grandmas sky dive for Blue Star moms Marjorie Bryan, 83, of the Blue Star Mothers skydives for an Ohio food pantry. Photo courtesy Marc Odens via Lima News LIMA, Ohio, June 25 (UPI) -- A pair of Ohio great-grandmothers parachuted with seven retired Army Ranger paratroopers to raise funds for their Blue Star Mothers chapter and its food pantry. Marjorie Bryan, 83, and Marianna Sherman, 82, joined retired Sgt. 1st Class Michael "Big Mike" Elliott and his team for a round of sky diving Saturday afternoon in Lima, Ohio, to raise money for their chapter of Blue Star Mothers, an organization for women whose children have served in the military, and its Lima Veterans Food Pantry, The Lima News reported Monday. Elliott, 44, who has previously done tandem jumps with former President George H.W. Bush for his 83rd and 85th birthdays, said Bryan and Sherman were impressive first-timers. "These Blue Star Mothers are so sweet, so special," Elliott said. We came up here two months ago, and they said they had this plan, and we said here's what you have to do. It was challenging, but they did it. They didn't quit. The sky divers were also accompanied by other first-timers including Bryan's grandsons, Alan and Matthew High; Sherman's son, Fred; and Robin McCarthy, 47, national president of the Blue Star Mothers of America.