hmtl5 Walter Theodore Gritton b. 10 Aug 1905 Penfield, Champaign County, Illinois d. 29 Mar 1956: Gritton Genealogy
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Walter Theodore Gritton

Male 1905 - 1956  (50 years)


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  • Name Walter Theodore Gritton 
    Born 10 Aug 1905  Penfield, Champaign County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1940  Decatur, Macon County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation cement finisher  [3] 
    Died 29 Mar 1956  [1, 4] 
    Buried Linden Cemetery, Linden, Montgomery County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4] 
    Person ID I1288  Gritton
    Last Modified 18 Mar 2024 

    Father Orsmus Vandorn Gritton,   b. 29 Jun 1881, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Apr 1979, California Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 97 years) 
    Mother Mary Josephine Underwood,   b. 22 Jan 1883, Penfield, Vermilion County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Jun 1957, Lafayette, Tippecanoe, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years) 
    Married 23 Jun 1902  [5] 
    Family ID F263  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Hazel Harriet Eutsler,   b. 24 Jul 1908, Romney, Tippecanoe County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Mar 1958, Hammond, Lake County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 49 years) 
    Married 18 Dec 1933  Tippecanoe County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Last Modified 6 Jul 2019 
    Family ID F489  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 10 Aug 1905 - Penfield, Champaign County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 18 Dec 1933 - Tippecanoe County, Indiana Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1940 - Decatur, Macon County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Linden Cemetery, Linden, Montgomery County, Indiana Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Walter T. Gritton
      Rites for Walter T. Gritton, 50, of New Elliott, who died Thursday following a long illness, will be held Saturday at 10:30 a.m. in Johnston-Royce Funeral Home, 242 N. Griffith Blvd, Griffith. The Rev. Leigh Hargrave of the First Christian Church of Griffith will officiate. Graveside services will follow at 3:30 p.m. at the Linden Cemetery, Linden, Ind., with the Rev. J.C. Williams of the Pilgrim Chapel of Crawfordsville officiating. Friends may call at the Griffith funeral home after 4:30 p.m. today.
      He is survived by the widow, Hazel; mother, Mrs. Josephine Pettyjohn of Lafayette, Ind.; father, O.V. Gritton of Danville, Ill.; a daughter, Mrs. Scott Nicoson of Crawfordsville, Ind.; sister Mrs. Nettie Breese of Lafayette, Ind.; two brothers, Joseph and Edward Gritton of Hammond, and four grandchildren.
      The Times, Munster, Indiana. Friday, 30 March 1956.
      [4, 6]

  • Sources 
    1. [S2] Find a Grave.

    2. [S11] US World War II draft registration card.

    3. [S89] census records.

    4. [S17] Obituary.

    5. [S22] Indiana Marriages.

    6. [S102] Newspaper article.


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