Ingham County MI Archives Photo Tombstone.....Griffin, Harold Glen 
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Cemetery:           Maple Ridge Cemetery
Name:               Harold Glen Griffin

Date Of Photograph: August 11, 2008
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Back of Headstone
HAROLD G. GRIFFIN
CPL US ARMY
WORLD WAR II
MAY 7, 1920 - JUN. 6, 1999

Harold Glen Griffin was the first born son of Leroy Emerson and Jessie (Tripp) 
Griffin.  He was born on May 7, 1920 in Lakeview, Montcalm County, MI.  He 
came from a large family of 10 children, 5 boys and 5 girls altogether.    
Harold was inducted into the U.S. Army August 2, 1943 at Fort Custer, Battle 
Creek, MI and discharged  on May 3, 1946 in Fort Sheridian, Illinois. He was a 
Corporal with the Flying Tigers and also a C.B.I. Veteran.  He had been 
employed with Reo until he began working for the U.S. Postal Service in 1953 
where he retired in 1983. He married Barbara Jean (Faught) Nall on May 25, 
1951 in Leslie, Ingham County, Michigan.  He was a step-father to two children 
and father of two children.  Harold passed away on June 6, 1999 at a local 
hospital in Lansing,Michigan at the age of 79 due to heart failure.  He was 
preceded in death by his parents, Leroy and Jessie, brothers, Robert Lee 
Griffin in 1989, Jackson "Jack" Griffin in 1989  His funeral was held on June 
9, 1999 at the Estes-Leadley Funeral Home in Holt.  Burial was in Maple Ridge 
Cemetery with Military Honors provided by Morley S. Oates, Post #701, V.F.W.  

His headstone is next to his parents, Leroy E. and Jessie Griffin in Maple 
Ridge Cemetery.  Jackson "Jack" Griffin is also buried there at the very front 
of the cemetery on the left as you go into the cemetery.  There is no 
headstone as of yet for him.



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