Son of Leona and Waldo Grandstaff.
Husband of Lois I. (Morley) Grandstaff.
Father of Richard G. Grandstaff, Leslie J. Hurley, and Scott W. Grandstaff.
At the age of 18, Dick joined the Navy and was assigned to the Destroyer S.S. Rodman, which led the first wave of invasions into Frances at Normandy and Cherbourg and Okinawa, Japan. The ship was hit by the Japanese and Dick was one of the few survivors rescued from the Pacific Ocean.
After leaving the Navy in 1946, Dick played semi-pro football until an injury forced him out of the game.
Dick graduated from the Philadelphia School of Industrial Arts in 1951.
In 1960, he and his family moved to Wilmington, DE where he joined the DuPont Company in the Advertising Department. Dick retired from the DuPont Company in 1986, but enjoyed working so he joined William Cann Printing Co. as a consultant until around 2004 at the age of 80.
Dick was a member of the Delaware Veterans Post #1 and the American Legion. He also belonged to the "Tin Can Sailors" and the Sons of the American Revolution.
Dick and Lois loved to travel especially to Canada. They were both avid fresh-water fisherman and Dick spent his childhood summers and adult years well into his 80's with family and friends, fishing and boating in Canada.
Dick was known for his quick wit and dry sense of humor. He could turn tears into laughter in seconds.
Dick lived a rich and full life and was very blessed to have such a loving family and friends. We are all better for him being a part of our lives.
Husband of Lois I. (Morley) Grandstaff.
Father of Richard G. Grandstaff, Leslie J. Hurley, and Scott W. Grandstaff.
At the age of 18, Dick joined the Navy and was assigned to the Destroyer S.S. Rodman, which led the first wave of invasions into Frances at Normandy and Cherbourg and Okinawa, Japan. The ship was hit by the Japanese and Dick was one of the few survivors rescued from the Pacific Ocean.
After leaving the Navy in 1946, Dick played semi-pro football until an injury forced him out of the game.
Dick graduated from the Philadelphia School of Industrial Arts in 1951.
In 1960, he and his family moved to Wilmington, DE where he joined the DuPont Company in the Advertising Department. Dick retired from the DuPont Company in 1986, but enjoyed working so he joined William Cann Printing Co. as a consultant until around 2004 at the age of 80.
Dick was a member of the Delaware Veterans Post #1 and the American Legion. He also belonged to the "Tin Can Sailors" and the Sons of the American Revolution.
Dick and Lois loved to travel especially to Canada. They were both avid fresh-water fisherman and Dick spent his childhood summers and adult years well into his 80's with family and friends, fishing and boating in Canada.
Dick was known for his quick wit and dry sense of humor. He could turn tears into laughter in seconds.
Dick lived a rich and full life and was very blessed to have such a loving family and friends. We are all better for him being a part of our lives.
Son of Leona and Waldo Grandstaff.
Husband of Lois I. (Morley) Grandstaff.
Father of Richard G. Grandstaff, Leslie J. Hurley, and Scott W. Grandstaff.
At the age of 18, Dick joined the Navy and was assigned to the Destroyer S.S. Rodman, which led the first wave of invasions into Frances at Normandy and Cherbourg and Okinawa, Japan. The ship was hit by the Japanese and Dick was one of the few survivors rescued from the Pacific Ocean.
After leaving the Navy in 1946, Dick played semi-pro football until an injury forced him out of the game.
Dick graduated from the Philadelphia School of Industrial Arts in 1951.
In 1960, he and his family moved to Wilmington, DE where he joined the DuPont Company in the Advertising Department. Dick retired from the DuPont Company in 1986, but enjoyed working so he joined William Cann Printing Co. as a consultant until around 2004 at the age of 80.
Dick was a member of the Delaware Veterans Post #1 and the American Legion. He also belonged to the "Tin Can Sailors" and the Sons of the American Revolution.
Dick and Lois loved to travel especially to Canada. They were both avid fresh-water fisherman and Dick spent his childhood summers and adult years well into his 80's with family and friends, fishing and boating in Canada.
Dick was known for his quick wit and dry sense of humor. He could turn tears into laughter in seconds.
Dick lived a rich and full life and was very blessed to have such a loving family and friends. We are all better for him being a part of our lives.
Husband of Lois I. (Morley) Grandstaff.
Father of Richard G. Grandstaff, Leslie J. Hurley, and Scott W. Grandstaff.
At the age of 18, Dick joined the Navy and was assigned to the Destroyer S.S. Rodman, which led the first wave of invasions into Frances at Normandy and Cherbourg and Okinawa, Japan. The ship was hit by the Japanese and Dick was one of the few survivors rescued from the Pacific Ocean.
After leaving the Navy in 1946, Dick played semi-pro football until an injury forced him out of the game.
Dick graduated from the Philadelphia School of Industrial Arts in 1951.
In 1960, he and his family moved to Wilmington, DE where he joined the DuPont Company in the Advertising Department. Dick retired from the DuPont Company in 1986, but enjoyed working so he joined William Cann Printing Co. as a consultant until around 2004 at the age of 80.
Dick was a member of the Delaware Veterans Post #1 and the American Legion. He also belonged to the "Tin Can Sailors" and the Sons of the American Revolution.
Dick and Lois loved to travel especially to Canada. They were both avid fresh-water fisherman and Dick spent his childhood summers and adult years well into his 80's with family and friends, fishing and boating in Canada.
Dick was known for his quick wit and dry sense of humor. He could turn tears into laughter in seconds.
Dick lived a rich and full life and was very blessed to have such a loving family and friends. We are all better for him being a part of our lives.
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