Delmar E. Grieser

1921 - 2008  (87 years)

• Name	Delmar E. Grieser  [1]
  Birth	11 Feb 1921	Fisher, Champaign Co., IL
  Gender	Male
  Death	8 Jul 2008	Clinton, Vermillion Co., IN
  Burial	Fisher, Champaign Co., IL   [2]
  	East Bend Mennonite Cemetery
  Person ID	I11205	Schrock-Birkey Connection
  Last Modified	21 Feb 2020

  
  

  Father	George M. Grieser,   b. 26 Jan 1878, Baden, GR d. 29 Oct 1966, Dewey, Champaign Co., IL (Age 88 years)
  Mother	Magdalena Baecher,   b. 23 Jun 1882, Eureka, Woodford Co., IL d. 8 Jul 1969, Champaign, Champaign Co., IL (Age 87 years)
  Marriage	12 Jan 1904	Champaign Co., IL   [3]
  	By Peter Zehr, at home of Joseph Baecher
  Family ID	F27	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Laverne Hinton,   b. 27 Aug 1924, Fisher, Champaign Co., IL d. 8 Jul 2008, Clinton, Vermillion Co., IN (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	25 Jan 1947	Bedford, Trimble Co., KY   [4]
  Family ID	F7886	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Apr 2018

  
  

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  Birth - 11 Feb 1921 - Fisher, Champaign Co., IL Marriage - 25 Jan 1947 - Bedford, Trimble Co., KY Death - 8 Jul 2008 - Clinton, Vermillion Co., IN Burial - - Fisher, Champaign Co., IL  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Obit: Delmar E. Grieser, 87, of Rockville died at 11:55 a.m. Tuesday, July 8, 2008 in Vermillion Convalescent Center in Clinton, Ind.  He was a retired Sears Store Manager with 32 years of service working in Springfield, Ill., Muncie, Ind., Lowell, Ind., Logansport, Ind. and retired at Frankfort, Ky.  He was born Feb. 11, 1921 in Champaign County, Illinois to the late George M. Grieser and Lena Baecher Grieser.  His wife of 61 years, Mary LaVerne Hinton Grieser whom he married Jan. 25, 1947 in Bedford, Ky. died three hours and thirty five minutes following her husband July 8, 2008. Survivors include one son, John Grieser and wife Karen of Belvidere, Ill.; three daughters, Mary Burkhart and husband John of Greencastle, Rebecca Forcey and husband John of Rockville, Barbara Seliger and husband Scott of Terre Haute; one sister, Edna Grieser of Urbana, Ill.; seven grandchildren and one great-grandchild. He was a graduate of the University of Illinois. He was named a Kentucky Colonel and a Sagamore of the Wabash. He served his country in the United States Army during World War II. He was a member of the Rockville Christian Church and attended Immanuel Southern Baptist Church on Sunday evenings. He enjoyed being a Sunday school teacher. Services will be 11 a.m. (EDT) at Dewey Mennonite Church in Dewey, Ill. Burial will follow service in East Bend Memorial Garden Cemetery in Fisher, Ill.  Visitation will be 4 to 8 p.m. Friday, July 11, 2008 at Gooch Funeral Home, 112 W. Howard St., Rockville. A time of remembrance will be at 7:30 Friday evening. Memorials, should friends so desire, may be made to a Mission or Church of choice. [5]

  
  

• Sources

  [S11] Obituaries of Individuals, of father. [S1060] Find-A-Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28167538/delmar-e_-grieser. [S225] Peter Zehr, East Bend Mennonite Church Records. [S11] Obituaries of Individuals. [S1060] Find-A-Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28167538/delmar-e.-grieser.