Headline: Obits
Publication Date: September 19, 1994
Source: The Kansas City Star
Page: B3
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Region: Missouri
Obituary: GEORGE M. GRISHAM George Minter Grisham, 87, Independence, died Sept. 17, 1994, in Hidden Lake Care Center, in Raytown. Services will be at 11 A.M. Wednesday at the Mount Moriah & Freeman Chapel; burial in Mount Moriah Cemetery. Friends may call from 7 to 8:30 P.M. Tuesday at the chapel. The family suggests contributions to the Baptist Home of the Aged, Ironton, Missouri. Mr. Grisham was a lifelong area resident. He worked for the Kansas City Gas Service Co. for 42 years, retiring as supervisor of pressure and measurements in 1972. He was a member of Birchwood Baptist Church since 1958. He was a member of the Eastgate Masonic Lodge. Survivors include his wife of 60 years, Frances Grisham of the home; two daughters, Nancy Hodge, Higginsville, Missouri, and Mary Jane "Midge" Given, Kansas City; a sister, Elizabeth Burford, Independence; five grandchildren; and four great-granddaughters.