Grace Evelyn Gritton
1915 - 1989 (74 years)-
Name Grace Evelyn Gritton Born 17 Mar 1915 New Boston, Mercer County, Illinois 
[1, 2] Gender Female Died 11 Jul 1989 Muscatine, Muscatine County, Iowa [2, 3] Buried Greenwood Cemetery, Muscatine, Muscatine County, Iowa [2, 3] Person ID I3449 Gritton Last Modified 9 Mar 2024
Father Lewis Gritton, b. 7 Oct 1893, West Liberty, Muscatine County, Iowa , d. 2 Apr 1972, Muscatine, Muscatine County, Iowa (Age 78 years) Mother Eunice Mathews, b. 18 Mar 1895, Joy, Mercer County, Illinois , d. 22 Apr 1958, Muscatine, Muscatine County, Iowa (Age 63 years) Married 17 Oct 1914 Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa [2, 4] Family ID F987 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Edwin Lester Elliott, b. 13 Feb 1909, Muscatine, Muscatine County, Iowa , d. 26 Jul 1964, Muscatine, Muscatine County, Iowa (Age 55 years) Married 28 Aug 1937 Muscatine, Muscatine County, Iowa [2, 4] Last Modified 6 Jul 2019 Family ID F1446 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Born - 17 Mar 1915 - New Boston, Mercer County, Illinois 
Married - 28 Aug 1937 - Muscatine, Muscatine County, Iowa Died - 11 Jul 1989 - Muscatine, Muscatine County, Iowa 
Buried - - Greenwood Cemetery, Muscatine, Muscatine County, Iowa = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Notes - SERVICES FOR G. EVELYN ELLIOTT will be Friday at the Geo. M. Wittich-Lewis Funeral Home. Mrs. Elliott, 74, 143 Sherman St, died Tuesday evening at her home, Rev. Roger Miller of the First Christian Church will officiate and burial will be at Greenwood Cemetery. Visitation will be today at the funeral home. Memorials may be left to the First Christian Church, the Muscatine Hospice and Community Nursing Services.
She was born March 17, 1915 at New Boston, Ill, and had lived in Muscatine since 1928. She married Edwin L. "Ted" Elliott on August 28, 1937 in Muscatine. She was a member of the First Christian Church and the Rebecca CWF Circle. Mrs. Elliott was employed by the Muscatine County Abstract Co., J.B. Mark and Sons Insurance, Muscatine Lighting, Stanley Consultants, and did the accounting for the family business of Elliott Brothers. She also worked for many years for the Driver's License Division of the Iowa Highway Patrol. She retired in 1984 as an office employee of Louis Rich and taught evening classes in ABC Shorthand and typing at Muscatine Community College before retiring from teaching in 1987.
Survivors include one son Thomas Elliott, and one foster child, Steve Harfst, Muscatine, three daughters, Mrs. Sandra Carpenter, Moscow, Mrs. Jerry (Barbara) Musgrove and Mrs. Juanita Sheese both of Muscatine, seven grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. She is also survived by three brothers, Dr. Charlie Gritton, Henderson, Ky., Paul Gritton, Fort Dodge, and Robert Gritton, Russelville, Ark., and three sisters, Mrs. Carl (Vivian) Irwin, Mrs. Margaret Webb and Mrs. Clifford (Marjorie) Hintermeister, all of Muscatine. She was preceded in death by her parents and husband in 1964.
Muscatine Journal: July 11, 1989
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- SERVICES FOR G. EVELYN ELLIOTT will be Friday at the Geo. M. Wittich-Lewis Funeral Home. Mrs. Elliott, 74, 143 Sherman St, died Tuesday evening at her home, Rev. Roger Miller of the First Christian Church will officiate and burial will be at Greenwood Cemetery. Visitation will be today at the funeral home. Memorials may be left to the First Christian Church, the Muscatine Hospice and Community Nursing Services.
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