“Fred Donald Gritten, 71, Route 3, Kingman, died at 7 a.m. May 9, 1992 at University Hospital, Indianapolis. He was born November 6, 1920, at Montpelier, the son of Alva H. and Evelena Shoaf Gritten. He married Jean McFadden November 18, 1945 at Biloxi, Mississippi. She survives.
He was a graduate of Kingman High School in 1939. He had lived in the Kingman area most of his life, having lived at Danville, Illinois, from 1946-1956. He attended Stringtown Church of God. He had been a crane operator for Esco Corp., retiring in 1985 after 33 years of service. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army, a member of the Modern Woodmen of America, Kingman Post American Legion #384, Iron Workers Union.
Surviving, besides the wife, are: three sons, Fred Donald (Anne) Jr., Gritten, Locust Grove, Virginia; William Ray Gritten, Kingman; Bruce Eugene Gritten, Noblesville; a daughter, Mrs. Fred (Deborah) Uphoff, Franklin, Tenneesee; a brother, Bernard (Nellie) Gritten, Covington; six grandchildren; one great-grandson.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. today (Tuesday) at Shelby Funeral Home, Covington, with Pastor Paul Kirby officiating. Burial will be in Kingman Fraternal Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the Stringtown Church of God.” – Fountain County Neighbor, Attica, Indiana, May 12, 1992
He was a graduate of Kingman High School in 1939. He had lived in the Kingman area most of his life, having lived at Danville, Illinois, from 1946-1956. He attended Stringtown Church of God. He had been a crane operator for Esco Corp., retiring in 1985 after 33 years of service. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army, a member of the Modern Woodmen of America, Kingman Post American Legion #384, Iron Workers Union.
Surviving, besides the wife, are: three sons, Fred Donald (Anne) Jr., Gritten, Locust Grove, Virginia; William Ray Gritten, Kingman; Bruce Eugene Gritten, Noblesville; a daughter, Mrs. Fred (Deborah) Uphoff, Franklin, Tenneesee; a brother, Bernard (Nellie) Gritten, Covington; six grandchildren; one great-grandson.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. today (Tuesday) at Shelby Funeral Home, Covington, with Pastor Paul Kirby officiating. Burial will be in Kingman Fraternal Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the Stringtown Church of God.” – Fountain County Neighbor, Attica, Indiana, May 12, 1992
“Fred Donald Gritten, 71, Route 3, Kingman, died at 7 a.m. May 9, 1992 at University Hospital, Indianapolis. He was born November 6, 1920, at Montpelier, the son of Alva H. and Evelena Shoaf Gritten. He married Jean McFadden November 18, 1945 at Biloxi, Mississippi. She survives.
He was a graduate of Kingman High School in 1939. He had lived in the Kingman area most of his life, having lived at Danville, Illinois, from 1946-1956. He attended Stringtown Church of God. He had been a crane operator for Esco Corp., retiring in 1985 after 33 years of service. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army, a member of the Modern Woodmen of America, Kingman Post American Legion #384, Iron Workers Union.
Surviving, besides the wife, are: three sons, Fred Donald (Anne) Jr., Gritten, Locust Grove, Virginia; William Ray Gritten, Kingman; Bruce Eugene Gritten, Noblesville; a daughter, Mrs. Fred (Deborah) Uphoff, Franklin, Tenneesee; a brother, Bernard (Nellie) Gritten, Covington; six grandchildren; one great-grandson.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. today (Tuesday) at Shelby Funeral Home, Covington, with Pastor Paul Kirby officiating. Burial will be in Kingman Fraternal Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the Stringtown Church of God.” – Fountain County Neighbor, Attica, Indiana, May 12, 1992
He was a graduate of Kingman High School in 1939. He had lived in the Kingman area most of his life, having lived at Danville, Illinois, from 1946-1956. He attended Stringtown Church of God. He had been a crane operator for Esco Corp., retiring in 1985 after 33 years of service. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army, a member of the Modern Woodmen of America, Kingman Post American Legion #384, Iron Workers Union.
Surviving, besides the wife, are: three sons, Fred Donald (Anne) Jr., Gritten, Locust Grove, Virginia; William Ray Gritten, Kingman; Bruce Eugene Gritten, Noblesville; a daughter, Mrs. Fred (Deborah) Uphoff, Franklin, Tenneesee; a brother, Bernard (Nellie) Gritten, Covington; six grandchildren; one great-grandson.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. today (Tuesday) at Shelby Funeral Home, Covington, with Pastor Paul Kirby officiating. Burial will be in Kingman Fraternal Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the Stringtown Church of God.” – Fountain County Neighbor, Attica, Indiana, May 12, 1992
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