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Submitted: 6/12/22 • Approved: 6/12/22 • Last Updated: 6/15/22 • R519821-G519819-S3
Spicer Gripp
February 7, 1925-September 9, 1995
Please see military marker
Norma Jeanne Franklin Gripp
September 26, 1925-January 21, 2002
Married October 28, 1944
Parents of Nancy and Kim
*Photo, courtesy of Mary (Coggin) Russell
*Obituary Spicer
Spicer Walter Gripp, 70, died Saturday at his home southeast of Hereford.
Services were held at 2 p.m. Monday in First United Methodist Church with Dr. Ed Williamson, pastor, and the Rev. Clifford Trotter, retired Methodist minister, officiating. Burial was in Panhandle [**], by Gililland-Watson Funeral Home.
Mr. Gripp was born at Conway and married Norma Jean Franklin in 1944 in Panhandle. He had lived in Deaf Smith county since 1949. A Navy veteran of World War II, Mr. Gripp was a farmer-rancher. He belonged to First United Methodist Church of Hereford.
Survivors are his wife; a daughter, Nancy Stokes of Amarillo; a brother, Glenn Gripp of Hereford, and five grandchildren.
(Published in The Hereford Brand, 95th Year, Vol. No. 50, Deaf Smith County, Texas, Tuesday, September 12, 1995, Page 2)
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**Spicer was originally buried in Panhandle, but records there indicate he was disinterred in 1999.
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Texas, Birth Index, 1903-1997
Name: Spicer Walter C Jr. Grippe
Date of Birth: 7 Feb 1925
Birth County: Carson
Certificate Number: 9052
Roll Number: 1925_0007
Texas, Birth Certificates, 1903-1932
Name: Spicer Walter Gripp
Birth Date: 7 Feb 1925
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Conway, Carson, Texas, USA
Father: Arthur G Gripp
Father Birth Place: Union County, Iowa
Mother: Mary E Walker
Mother Birth Place: Oklahoma
Mother Residence: Conway Carson, Texas
U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
Name: Spicer Walter Gripp
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 18
Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head)
Birth Date: 7 Feb 1925
Birth Place: Conway, Texas, USA
Residence Place: Conway, Carson, Texas, USA
Registration Date: 8 Feb 1943
Registration Place: Conway, Carson, Texas, USA
Employer: A G Gripp
Weight: 150
Complexion: Light
Eye Color: Gray
Hair Color: Brown
Height: 5 9
Next of Kin: A G Gripp
Household Members:
Name Relationship
Spicer Walter Gripp Self (Head)
Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Spicer Gripp
Death Date: 9 Sep 1995
Death County: Castro
Gender: Male
U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Name: Spicer Walter Gripp
[Spicer Gripp]
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth Date: 7 Feb 1925
Birth Place: Conway Carso, Texas
Death Date: 9 Sep 1995
Father: Author G Gripp
Mother: Mary B Walker
Notes: Mar 1946: Name listed as SPICER WALTER GRIPP; 16 Sep 1995: Name listed as SPICER GRIP
*Obituary Norma Jeanne
HEREFORD - Norma Gripp, 76, died Monday, Jan. 21, 2002, in Amarillo.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at First United Methodist Church of Hereford with Dr. Tom Fuller officiating. Burial will follow in West Park Cemetery in Hereford by Parkside Chapel Funeral Home.
Mrs. Gripp was born Sept. 26, 1925, in Amarillo, the daughter of Charles and Leah Franklin. She married Spicer Gripp on Oct. 28, 1944, in Panhandle. He preceded her in death in 1994. She was a retired schoolteacher, having taught more than 34 years in the Hereford and Panhandle school systems. She was a member of the Retired Teachers Association, Eastern Star and First United Methodist Church of Hereford.
She was preceded in death by a son and two brothers.
Survivors include a daughter, Nancy Stokes of Roswell, N.M.; five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
The family suggests memorials be to the American Diabetes Foundation or First United Methodist Church of Hereford.
(Published in Amarillo Globe-News, Jan. 23, 2002)
Contributed on 6/12/22 by neldapat
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