Individual Details

Colorado Springs Gazette, Colorado Springs, Colorado, Tuesday, march 29, 1988, Page 13, Col. 3: Maj. John E. Grindell, 78, of Colorado Springs died Sunday. Maj. Grindell served in the Army for 20 years in the judge advocate general corps. He had served with the 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, N.C. and later served at Fort Carson. After retiring, he entered private practice. Visitation will be from noon to 9 p.m. today and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday at Swan-Law Funeral Home, 501 N. Cascade Ave. Services will be at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Corpus Christi Catholic Church, 2318 N. Cascade Ave., with the Rev. Gerald Bruggeman officiating. Burial will be in Fort Logan National Cemetery, Denver.

Mr. Grindell was born June 9, 1909 in Platteville, Wis., to John L. and Marcia (Rundell) Grindell. He had lived in Colorado Springs 34 years. Mr. Grindell graduated from the University of Wisconsin School of Law and did post graduate work at Colorado College. Mr. Grindell was a member of Corpus Christi Catholic Church, the American and Wisconsin bar associations, the American Trial Lawyers Association and the National Riflemen's Association. He had been the captain of the fort Carson pistol and rifle teams. He was married June 21, 1939, in Sparta, Wis., to Anna Kline, who survives. Mr. Gindell also is survived by four daughters, Terri Thomas, and A. Jean Oswald, both of Colorado Springs, Kathleen Sible of Yucaipa, Calif., and Capt. Cynthia Grindell-Sowers of Austin, Texas; three brothers, Robert L. of Frederic, Wis., and Edgar and Richard, both of Platteville; and four grandchildren. He was preceded in death by two daughters. Memorial contributions may be made to the National Jewish Center for immunology and Respiratory Medicine, 1440 Jackson St., Denver, 80206.


Name: John Edgar Grindell
Service Info.: MAJOR US ARMY WORLD WAR II
Birth Date: 9 Jun 1909
Death Date: 27 Mar 1988
Cemetery: Ft. Lyon National Cemetery
Cemetery Address: 15700 County Road Hh Las Animas, CO 81054
Buried At: Section E Row 11 Site H
Source Information: National Cemetery Administration. U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: National Cemetery Administration. Nationwide Gravesite Locator

Birth	9 Jun 1909	Platteville, Grant Co., Wisconsin
Residence	1910	Cumberland, Barron Co., Wisconsin
Residence	1920	Platteville, Grant Co., Wisconsin
Residence	1930	Platteville, Grant Co., Wisconsin
Residence	1981	Colorado Springs, El Paso Co., Colorado
Death	27 Mar 1988	Colorado Springs, El Paso Co., Colorado
Burial		Fort Lyon National Cemetery, Las Animas, Bent Co., Colorado

Spouse

Anna Margaret Kline (1916 - 2006)

Father	John LeRoy "Roy" Grindell (1882 - 1948)
Mother	Marcia Syrena Rundell (1885 - 1968)
Sibling	George Grindell (1913 - 1984)
Sibling	Robert Laughton Grindell (1914 - 2000)
Sibling	Edgar K. Grindell (1921 - 1993)
Sibling	Richard W. Grindell (1924 - 2014)