He was born the first child of 10 on Jan. 31, 1918, to Jesse Franklin Griffin and Electa Jardine Griffin in Clarkston, Utah. He was raised in Rexburg, Idaho. He was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served a mission in the British Mission in England and the Eastern States Mission from 1938 to 1940. In March of 1941, he enlisted in the United States Army, where he served in the 802nd Combat Engineer Battalion in the Aleutian Islands, Alaska. His battalion was involved in the invasion on Okinawa on Easter Morning. He was honorably discharged in October 1945.
He met and later married Sarahmay Lake on June 12, 1946, in the Idaho Falls LDS Temple and was actively involved in the church his entire life. Scouting was always important to him. In March of 1956, they began homesteading in Rupert, Idaho. They were blessed with eight children. After retiring from the Amalgamated Sugar Factory, he and his wife served in the Winnipeg, Canada, Mission. They later served a five-year mission in the Logan, Utah, LDS Temple as officiators.
He is survived by his wife, Sarahmay; children, J. Ralph (Kathy), Ron (Pam), Rex (Sherri), Ray (Patricia), Rita (Bryan) Moses, Ruth (Juan) Cardenas and Russell (Janilee); 20 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; and his siblings, Lula Meikle, Gover (Barbara) Griffin, Dixie (Darwin) Allred and Wayne (Delila) Griffin. He was preceded in death by his infant son, R. Glenn; parents; and siblings, Harold Griffin, Beatrice Harrop, Maurine Powell, Phyllis Reynolds and Norman Griffin.
He met and later married Sarahmay Lake on June 12, 1946, in the Idaho Falls LDS Temple and was actively involved in the church his entire life. Scouting was always important to him. In March of 1956, they began homesteading in Rupert, Idaho. They were blessed with eight children. After retiring from the Amalgamated Sugar Factory, he and his wife served in the Winnipeg, Canada, Mission. They later served a five-year mission in the Logan, Utah, LDS Temple as officiators.
He is survived by his wife, Sarahmay; children, J. Ralph (Kathy), Ron (Pam), Rex (Sherri), Ray (Patricia), Rita (Bryan) Moses, Ruth (Juan) Cardenas and Russell (Janilee); 20 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; and his siblings, Lula Meikle, Gover (Barbara) Griffin, Dixie (Darwin) Allred and Wayne (Delila) Griffin. He was preceded in death by his infant son, R. Glenn; parents; and siblings, Harold Griffin, Beatrice Harrop, Maurine Powell, Phyllis Reynolds and Norman Griffin.
He was born the first child of 10 on Jan. 31, 1918, to Jesse Franklin Griffin and Electa Jardine Griffin in Clarkston, Utah. He was raised in Rexburg, Idaho. He was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served a mission in the British Mission in England and the Eastern States Mission from 1938 to 1940. In March of 1941, he enlisted in the United States Army, where he served in the 802nd Combat Engineer Battalion in the Aleutian Islands, Alaska. His battalion was involved in the invasion on Okinawa on Easter Morning. He was honorably discharged in October 1945.
He met and later married Sarahmay Lake on June 12, 1946, in the Idaho Falls LDS Temple and was actively involved in the church his entire life. Scouting was always important to him. In March of 1956, they began homesteading in Rupert, Idaho. They were blessed with eight children. After retiring from the Amalgamated Sugar Factory, he and his wife served in the Winnipeg, Canada, Mission. They later served a five-year mission in the Logan, Utah, LDS Temple as officiators.
He is survived by his wife, Sarahmay; children, J. Ralph (Kathy), Ron (Pam), Rex (Sherri), Ray (Patricia), Rita (Bryan) Moses, Ruth (Juan) Cardenas and Russell (Janilee); 20 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; and his siblings, Lula Meikle, Gover (Barbara) Griffin, Dixie (Darwin) Allred and Wayne (Delila) Griffin. He was preceded in death by his infant son, R. Glenn; parents; and siblings, Harold Griffin, Beatrice Harrop, Maurine Powell, Phyllis Reynolds and Norman Griffin.
He met and later married Sarahmay Lake on June 12, 1946, in the Idaho Falls LDS Temple and was actively involved in the church his entire life. Scouting was always important to him. In March of 1956, they began homesteading in Rupert, Idaho. They were blessed with eight children. After retiring from the Amalgamated Sugar Factory, he and his wife served in the Winnipeg, Canada, Mission. They later served a five-year mission in the Logan, Utah, LDS Temple as officiators.
He is survived by his wife, Sarahmay; children, J. Ralph (Kathy), Ron (Pam), Rex (Sherri), Ray (Patricia), Rita (Bryan) Moses, Ruth (Juan) Cardenas and Russell (Janilee); 20 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; and his siblings, Lula Meikle, Gover (Barbara) Griffin, Dixie (Darwin) Allred and Wayne (Delila) Griffin. He was preceded in death by his infant son, R. Glenn; parents; and siblings, Harold Griffin, Beatrice Harrop, Maurine Powell, Phyllis Reynolds and Norman Griffin.
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