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George Rexford Griswold
Birth: Aug. 3, 1881 Marshall County Illinois, USA
Death: Aug. 19, 1949 Peoria Peoria County Illinois, USA
Rites Held For George Griswold
Services were held at 2:30 p.m., Sunday at the Anderson funeral home for George Rexford Griswold, 68, who died Friday, August 19, at St. Francis hospital, Peoria.
The Rev. L.J. Sailor officiated at the rites, and burial was in the city cemetery, with Shelby Northrup, Harry Potts, Frank Humphrey, William Kruger, Glen Murphy and Gould Oakes acting as casket bearers.
Mr. Griswold was born in Marshall county, August 3, 1881, the son of Rex and Emma Griswold. On August 6, 1902 he married Lillian F. Bennett. He served as a night police officer here for a number of years, and operated a gasoline filling station at Wilmot and N. Fourth streets.
He was preceeded in death by his wife, who died June 24 of this city; an infant son, Rex, his father; one brother, Charles; and one sister, Maude.
He is survived by his mother of Chillicothe; three daughters, Elsie Day of McNabb, Vera Griswold of Chillicothe, and Geneva Olsen of Chicago; one brother Mark Griswold of Peoria, and a sister, Ruby Griswold of Chillicothe.
Family links: Parents: Rexford B Griswold (1857 - 1929) Emma Parson Griswold (1861 - 1950)
Spouse: Lillian F Bennett Griswold (1874 - 1949)
Children: Elsie L Griswold Day (1904 - 1997)* Vera E Griswold Placher (1906 - 1959)* Geneva E Griswold Olson (1911 - 1997)* George Bennett Griswold (1914 - 1915)*
Inscription: Father
Burial: Chillicothe City Cemetery Chillicothe Peoria County Illinois, USA
Plot: Section C
Maintained by: Clayton P
Originally Created by: Tracy Kyle
Record added: Jan 08, 2011
Find A Grave Memorial# 63906911
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