Died: Oct. 7, 1953 in Lakewood, Ohio of a heart attack.
Trying to find where he's buried. His daughter Ann doesn't remember the exact location.
Parents: William H.S. Griffith, and Mary Ann Clair. Raised in Savanna, he moved to Lakewood about 1926 with his wife.
Sibling(s): 6, all died young except for sister Caroline
Work: Clerk at Commercial State bank,
and Representitive for Diebold Corporation.
Schooling: University of Illinois
Marriage: Mary Katherine Lichtenberger.
Children: see Mary
Author's note: My Aunt Ann says her father was a very avid reader, had a ton of books. After his death, she's not quite sure what happened to most of them, but some were neglected in a basement, where they turned moldy and had to be thrown out. What a pity. She also remembers her Aunt Caroline as being a very nice and calm person, not easily upset.
Died: Jan 7, 1935, in Lakewood, Ohio. She fell down her front steps and hit her head. I'm sure she sustained some type of brain injury. Laid in bed for about a year before she died. She was sent back to Savanna, with a service at St. John's Church there.
Parents: William H. Lichtenberger, and
Mary Elizabeth Moran. Moved from Savanna Ill. to Ohio with her husband George.
Siblings: 8, 4 boys and 4 other girls.
Work: Wife and mother.
Education: Assuming she went to school in Illinois,no information on this.
Marriage: George John Griffith at age 26.
Children: 2-
Ann Griffith(Gebbie),
Mary Dorothy Griffith(Hill). She had
her children late in life.
Author's note: She was definitely a classic blend of German-Irish. The German is obvious in the face area, which has been handed down thru generations of women in my family. The Irish, well, my Great- Aunt Ann told me recently that her mother had dark red hair. :) Kinda makes me wish this picture was in color.
Believe this is a vacation home
they had in Vermillion, Ohio.