Wayne Wallace "Doc" Griffith (2009)

BROOKER, BUSCH, CHASE, COOK, GRIFFITH, HAYMOND, KUHNS

Posted By: Mary Welty Hart
Date: 12/10/2009 at 18:09:40

Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
December 9, 2009

WAYNE "DOC' GRIFFITH, Winterset

Wayne “Doc” Griffith, age 81, of Winterset died Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009, at the Madison County Health Care System in Winterset.

Funeral services were held at 1 p.m., Monday, Dec. 7, at Ochiltree Funeral Service & Aftercare, with military honors by the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8142 and American Legion Post 184, all of Winterset. Visitation was held Sunday, Dec. 6, at the funeral home. Burial will be in the Winterset Cemetery at a later date. Memorials may be made in his name or to Middle River Hospice. Online condolences may be directed to the family at ochiltree.com.

Wayne Wallace Griffith was born May 17, 1928, in Madison County, Iowa, to Ersie and Edna (Chase) Griffith. He was a 1945 graduate of Winterset High School and served in the United States Army during the Korean War. His marriage to Joan J. Brooker took place on July 30, 1950, at the First Christian Church in Winterset.

During his working career, Doc owned and managed the Phillips 66 station in Winterset and, in 1962, founded Doc’s Soft Water. He retired in 1985. Following his service in the Army during the Korean War, Doc joined the Iowa National Guard and retired after 24 years of service as a lieutenant colonel.

Doc attended the First Christian Church of Winterset and was a member of the V.F.W. and American Legion, both of Winterset. He also was a member of the Winterset Lions and Lakeview Country Club and had served on the Madison County Hospital Board. He loved playing cards, golfing and wintering in Arizona.

Doc is survived by his wife, Jodi Griffith of Winterset; his daughters, Sandi Cook and her husband, Mark, of West Des Moines and Terri Kuhns and her husband, Terry, of Winterset; two grandchildren, Kelsey and Jordan Kuhns; and a sister, Kathryn Haymond of Winterset.

He was preceded in death by his parents and three brothers and two sisters (Thelma Griffith, Robert Griffith, Paul Griffith, Frank Griffith and Mary Busch).

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