John Edward Grinstead

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John Edward Grinstead Obituary

John Edward Grinstead, age 64, of Rolla, Mo., formerly of Edwardsville, died on Sunday, Aug. 26, 2001, at Phelps County Regional Memorial Medical Center in Rolla, Mo.

He was born on March 13, 1937, in Edwardsville, the son of the late William and Mary Beck Grinstead.

He married Lynda Lou Elizabeth Richards on Oct. 4, 1987, in Boone, Iowa. She survives.

Also surviving are three brothers: William Grinstead of Franklin, Pa., Robert Grinstead of Edwardsville, and David Grinstead of Grand Marais, Minn.; three sisters: Joyce Walden of California, Betty Lou Raines of Kansas City, Mo., and Virginia Davenport of Camdenton, Mo.; and many nieces and nephews.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a sister: Wilma Deister.

Mr. Grinstead was a 1955 graduate of Edwardsville High School and a 1959 graduate of Michigan State University in East Lansing, Mich.

He received a bachelor's degree in Forestry. He was the Post Forester of Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., for 32 years, retiring in 1990.

After retirement, he worked at developing new varieties of grapes from native Missouri stock.

John was a Veteran of the U.S. Army and was a member of the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship in Rolla, Mo.

Visitation will be from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 29, at Pletcher Funeral Home in Edwardsville.

Funeral services will begin at 10 a.m. on Thursday, Aug. 30, at the funeral home with Rev. Steve Disney, pastor of the First Baptist Church in Edwardsville, officiating.

Interment will be at Woodlawn Cemetery in Edwardsville-Madison County, Illinois

Memorials are suggested to the Missouri Fruit Experimental Station, 9740 Red Spring Road, Mountain Grove, MO 65711-2999.

Edwardsville Intelligencer (ILLINOIS) - Tuesday, August 28, 2001