Grimes, Harold Willis (Obituary)
Abstracted obituary of Harold Willis Grimes from Columbus Dispatch (same version ran in Marysville Tribune)
HAROLD W. GRIMES
Harold W. Grimes, 79, of Marysville died Friday, Sept. 1, 1995, at Memorial Hospital of Union County after an illness of five weeks.
A retired drycleaner and book keeper, he lived in the Hilliard and Bellefontaine areas most of his life and moved to Marysville 15 years ago. He was a former member of the Hilliard United Methodist Church, an airplane mechanic in the U.S. Air Force and a member of American Legion Post 614 in Hilliard.
He was born Aug. 17, 1916, in the Marysville area to the late Ralph J. and Melvina Jane Shaw Grimes. He was preceded in death in 1978 by his first wife, Betty J. Patten Grimes, whom he married on Sept. 28, 1941; on July 16, 1995, by his second wife, Helen L. Walker Grimes, whom he married on Aug. 13, 1979; and by a brother, Ralph "Red" Grimes.
He is survived by two daughters, Lois (Rodney) Grimes Gradel of Waynesville and Jo Anne (Michael) Day of Bullhead City, Ariz.; two sons, Ralph "Fred" (Becky) Grimes of Hilliard and Harold "Phil" (Cora) Grimes of Payne; a stepson, Ron (Pat) Walker of Marysville; 10 grandchildren, Christopher and Sean Gradel, Melissa (Dale) Spitznogle, Brian, Kristen and Matthew Grimes and Neva, Andrenne, William and Timothy Grimes; a great-granddaughter, Kathryn Spitznogle; two step-granddaughters, Joanie (Tony) Walker Chapman of Ashland and Rhonda (Dannie) Furrow of Marysville; three step-great-grandchildren; three brothers, Howard (Mildred) Grimes of Unionville Center, James (Louise) Grimes of Columbus and Loren "Shine" (Virginia) Grimes of Marysville; and a sister, Mary Shaw of Urbana.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Mannasmith-Hale Funeral Home. Interment will be at the Bellefontaine Cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be made to the American Diabetes Association, 705 Lakeview Plaza Blvd., Columbus, Ohio 43085.
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