Donald Lee Gritton
1946 - 2003 (57 years)
Generation: 1
1. Donald Lee Gritton was born on 25 Jan 1946 in Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois; died on 6 Sep 2003 in Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana; was buried on 9 Sep 2003 in Danville National Cemetery, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois. Other Events:
- Occupation: contract carpenter
Notes:
News-Gazette, The (Champaign-Urbana, IL) - Monday, September 8, 2003
Donald Lee Gritton, 57, of Danville died at 1:10 am, Saturday (Sept. 6, 2003) at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Indianapolis.
Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Danville National Cemetery. Pastor Patti Wise will officiate.
Pape Memorial Home and Cremation Gardens, 10 E. Williams St., Danville, is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Gritton was born Jan. 25, 1946, in Danville, a son of Edmund Leroy and Louella Agnes Ross Schonians Gritton Sr. They survive.
Also surviving are his brother, Ed Gritton of Danville and his sister, Wanda Miller of Cayuga, Ind.
Mr. Gritton graduated from Oakwood High School in 1964. He served in the Navy from 1964 to 1968, stationed in the Mediterranean as a radar man. He worked for Holmes Brothers and as a contract carpenter. He enjoyed woodworking, puzzles and gardening.
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/61947454/donald-lee-gritton
Section C-B, Site 98