Don Harold Gritton
1923 - 2002 (78 years)-
Name Don Harold Gritton Born 20 Sep 1923 [1, 2] Gender Male _MILT World War II. US Navy. [2] Died 23 May 2002 Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois 
[1, 2] Buried Eugene Cemetery, Eugene, Vermillion County, Indiana [1] Person ID I4468 Gritton Last Modified 21 Jan 2025
Father Jesse R. Gritton, b. 15 Apr 1889, Penfield, Champaign County, Illinois , d. 9 May 1931, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois (Age 42 years) Mother Abi Josepheus Miller, b. 11 Jul 1897, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio , d. 9 Feb 1959, Wabash Township, Fountain County, Indiana (Age 61 years) Family ID F1917 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Gladys Trosper, b. 7 Oct 1929, Cayuga, Vermillion County, Indiana , d. 2 Jan 2017, Champaign, Champaign County, Illinois (Age 87 years) Married 2 May 1946 Pocahontas, Randolph County, Arkansas [1, 2] Last Modified 20 Jan 2025 Family ID F1919 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Died - 23 May 2002 - Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois 
Buried - - Eugene Cemetery, Eugene, Vermillion County, Indiana = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Notes - Don H. Gritton Sr., 78, of Danville passed away at 3:20 a.m. Thursday (May 23, 2002) at Vermilion Manor Nursing Home.
He was born on Sept. 20, 1923, the son of Jesse and Abi Miller Gritton. He married Gladys Trosper, the daughter of Albert and Blanch Jones Trosper, on May 2, 1946, in Pocahontas, Ark. She survives. Also surviving: two sons, Don H. (Sharon) Gritton of Huntington Beach, Calif., and Wilbur L. (Sally) Gritton of Perrysville, Ind.; one sister, Leora Harper of Stringtown, Ind.; one granddaughter, Robin Marie (Derek) Haisman of Durango, Colo.; one great-grandson, Timmy Haisman of Durango; special friends, Betty and Bud Copas of Fowler, Ind., and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded by his parents and one sister.
Don was a retired truck driver. He was a member of the Teamsters Local 26. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy, serving during World War II, and was a member of the Cayuga, Ind. American Legion Post. He loved fishing.
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- Don H. Gritton Sr., 78, of Danville passed away at 3:20 a.m. Thursday (May 23, 2002) at Vermilion Manor Nursing Home.
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