Dewey Purl Grinstead 1913~~2007

GRINSTEAD, FREEMAN, GRANT, PILCHER, DOOLEY

Posted By: Mary (email)
Date: 8/2/2007 at 10:37:15

Ottumwa Courier

Dewey Grinstead, 94, Ottumwa
OTTUMWA — Dewey Purl Grinstead, age 94, of Ottumwa died July 31, 2007, at the Ridgewood Nursing and Rehab Center in Ottumwa.

He was born May 4, 1913 in Davis County, Iowa to Freeman and Mae Lawson Grinstead. He married Marguerite Grant April 16, 1932 in Lancaster, Mo. She preceded him in death Jan. 24, 2003.

He was a resident of Ottumwa most of his life and worked at John Morrell & Company for 32 years. He was a member of the Dunnville Baptist Church.

He is survived by a daughter-in-law, Sandra Grinstead Cook of Ottumwa, Iowa; four grandchildren, Rusty Grinstead, Cody Kerby and Jody Allen all of Bloomfield, Iowa and Rick Grinstead of Pulaski, Iowa; eight great-grandchildren; and nine great-great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents; wife; a son, Dewey Grinstead, Jr.; three sisters, Hazel Grinstead, Alma Pilcher and Ruth Dooley; and three brothers, Glen, Beryl and Clarence Grinstead.

Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 4, 2007, at the Wagler Funeral Home in Bloomfield, Iowa with Rev. Marvin Martin officiating. Burial will be in the IOOF Cemetery in Bloomfield, Iowa.

Visitation will begin at 9 a.m. Friday with the family present from 7-8 p.m.

Memorials have been established to the Dunnville Baptist Church and Hospice, Inc.