OBIT: Luther J. GRIMM, 1993, of interest in Somerset County, PA
  
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  GRIMM
  
    Luther J. Grimm, 83, of Mount Pleasant, died Nov. 28, 1993, in
  Westmoreland Hospital, Greensburg.  Born March 22, 1910, in
  Kecksburg, son of the late Judson Newmyer and Rachel Elizabeth
  (Porch) Grimm.  Graduated from former East Huntingdon High School in
  1929.  Started serving an apprenticeship in funeral business with
  Carl Lemon Funeral Home in 1931.  Attended Cincinnati College of
  Embalming and passed the Pa. State Boards in 1933.  In 1934 he
  started the Luther J. Grimm Funeral Home.  Was a member of the Mount
  Pleasant Church of God and held many offices in the church.  A former
  member of the Westmoreland County Funeral Directors Association. 
  Served several years as a director on the board.  A former member of
  Pa. and National Funeral Director associations.  Served on Mount
  Pleasant School Board for many years.  Member of Marion Lodge 562,
  F&AM, Scottdale.  Was master of lodge in 1944.  Received 50-year pin
  in 1986 from Marion Lodge 562.  Member of Uniontown Lodge of
  Perfection 14 Degree Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite of Free
  Masonry.  Member of Pittsburgh Consistory 32nd Degree Westmoreland
  Forest 77, Tall Cedars of Lebanon, New Alxandria; Youghiogheny
  Chapter, Sons of the American Revolution, Connellsville.  Former
  member of Mount Pleasant Kiwanis Club for 50 years.  He was Lt. Gov.
  of Div. 8 in 1983.  Member of B.P.O. Elks 868, Mount Pleasant. 
  Former member of Moss Rose Lodge 350, Independent Order of Odd
  Fellows, Mount Pleasant.  Member of Hudson Essex Terraplane Car Club
  Western Reserve Chapter, Hubbard, Ohio.  Member of Olympic Lanes and
  Hillview Lanes Bowling Leagues and Senior Citizens and Huntingdon
  Lanes.  He was preceded in death by his first wife, Melva (Jones)
  Grimm; four brothers: Carl, John, Bert, and Edgar Grimm; three
  sisters: Nellie Smith, Florence Shupe, Mary Seese.  He is survived by
  his wife, Mathilda Chernek (Dunn) Grimm of Mount Pleasant; two sons:
  Luther J. Grimm II of Acme and Keith Keith J. Grimm of Berlin RD 3; a
  step-son, J. David Dunn of Gibsonia; four daughters:  Shirley Brant
  of Rockwood RD 1; Nancy Grimm, Mount Pleasant; Connie Strichik,
  Pottstown, and Kathy Meredith, Mount Pleasant; also 21 grandchildren
  and 19 great-grandchildren and one sister, Janet Eicher Kern, Grove
  City.  Friends will be received from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday and 10 a.m.
  to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the Luther J. Grimm Funeral Home, Mount
  Pleasant.  Funeral service at 9 p.m. Wednesday at Mount Pleasant
  Church of God, with the Revs. Wendell Grimm and Timothy V. Sweigart
  officiating.  Private interment Thursday in Mount Pleasant
  Cemetery.  A Masonic service will be held 7 p.m. Wednesday.  In lieu
  of flowers, family requests donations to the Leukemia Society.
  
  Daily American, November 30, 1993
  
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