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Virgil Alphonso Griffin

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Virgil Alphonso Griffin

Birth
Death
Nov 2003 (aged 83)
Burial
Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas, USA Add to Map
Plot
Garden of Evergreen Lot 455 Space 2
Memorial ID
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When Virgil was 13 years old, he was cooling his feet in the Little River when the current pulled him under. His father, who could not swim, jumped in to save him and lost his life instead. Mr. Joe Taylor was saved trying to help save Virgil.

He is buried next to his mother.

Sources cited: The newspaper articles, Ann Pack Reese via email, Beth at Wichita Park Cemetery and Kathy at Culbertson Funeral Home, both in Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, USA. Thank you ladies!
When Virgil was 13 years old, he was cooling his feet in the Little River when the current pulled him under. His father, who could not swim, jumped in to save him and lost his life instead. Mr. Joe Taylor was saved trying to help save Virgil.

He is buried next to his mother.

Sources cited: The newspaper articles, Ann Pack Reese via email, Beth at Wichita Park Cemetery and Kathy at Culbertson Funeral Home, both in Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, USA. Thank you ladies!

Gravesite Details

Buried 3 Dec 2003



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