Griffith, Lester George

1920 - 2010  (89 years)

• Name	Griffith, Lester George
  Born	9 Feb 1920	Harlan Twp, Page Co, Iowa, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	23 Jan 2010	Kimball, Kimball Co., Nebraska, USA
  	LESTER GEORGE GRIFFITH Feb 9,1920-Jan 23,2010 Lester George Griffith, 89, died at Kimball Health Service on January 23, 2010. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, January 27, 2010 at the Cantrell Funeral Home in Kimball with Reverend Roger Gillming officiating. Burial will be held in the Dix Cemetery. He was born February 9, 1920 on a farm south of Clarinda, Iowa. He was the first son of Harry Stillwell and Gertrude Hazel (Patee) Griffith. The family moved to western Nebraska in 1921 when Lester was one year old. He attended school in the Dix, NE area and high school in Dix. He married Dorothy Darline Spencer in Laramie, WY on June 3, 1939, a local teacher who lived with the family teaching in the local school. Growing up as a farmers son, he became a farmer himself and farmed all his life until his retirement. No matter what the weather was, he related it to the crops that it would raise. In the late 50s he worked as a mechanic for a local implement dealer in Kimball. Later, in the late 60s and early 70s he was a deputy sheriff in Kimball County. During this same time, he sold and repaired business band radios in his shop on the farm. He was also a dealer for Crustbuster farm equipment. As necessity is the mother of invention, he manufactured his own repairs and other ideas only to have similar items patented by others in later years. In the early 50s and 60s he owned several airplanes and received his commercial license only to stop flying because of failing eyesight. There is still evidence of his registered air strip on the farm northeast of Kimball.? Besides farming, one of his greatest loves was camping.? He also spent many winters as a winter Texan visiting with new acquaintances and escaping the cold Nebraska winters. He is survived by his wife of? 70 years, his sons, David and Douglas Griffith and daughters Marcia (Ray) Buescher, Sharon and Jeanne Griffith. Also surviving are 11 grandchildren and 18 great grandchildren and 1 great, great grandchild.? He was preceded in death by his parents, his sisters, Hazel Hughes, Margaret Kilgore and Mabel Griffith and his brother Paul Griffith.
  Buried	27 Jan 2010	Dix Cemetery : Dix, Kimball Co., Nebraska, USA
  Person ID	I77	Hughes-Griffith
  Last Modified	30 Oct 2021

  
  

  Father	GRIFFITH, Harry Stillwell,   b. 8 Feb 1889, Clarinda, Page Co., Iowa, USA ,   d. 18 Mar 1985, Kimball, Kimball Co, Nebraska, USA  (Age 96 years)
  Mother	PATEE, Hazel Gertrude,   b. 24 Dec 1892, Oklahoma Territory, USA ,   d. 7 Sep 1981, Kimball, Kimball Co, Nebraska, USA  (Age 88 years)
  Married	8 Feb 1911	Syracuse, Hamilton, Co., Kansas, USA
  Family ID	F18	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Spencer, Dorothy Darline,   b. 30 Jun 1916,   d. 14 Nov 2011  (Age 95 years)
  Married	3 Jun 1939	Laramie, Albany Co., Wyoming, USA
  Children	1. Living   2. Living   3. Living   4. Living   5. Living
  Last Modified	30 Oct 2021
  Family ID	F24	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart