GRIMES, Oscar - Fountain County INGenWeb Project

Oscar Grimes, 99, 5 Tulip Lane, Rockville died at 9:40 a.m. Friday, June 27 at the Vermillion County Hospital, Clinton, Indiana. He was born January 7, 1887, at Wallace, the son of Hiram and Sarah Brant Grimes. On August 7, 1916 he married Lula Myers who died May 2, 1964. He was a graduate of Veedersburg HS and received his bachelor of science degree in education from Indiana University in1913. He was a retired school teacher and part-time farmer. He taught at Wallace and Ladoga. He was the oldest living member of Phanuel Lutheran Church at Wallace and had attended First Methodist Church in Rockville since moving to Rockville in 1977. Surviving are a daughter, Mary Elizabeth Grimes, Rockville, with whom he made his home; a son, Russell Grimes, Rockville, a grandson and three grandchildren He was also preceded in death by a son, Paul Grimes, three sisters and a brother. Funeral services were held Sunday at Thomas Funeral Home, Waynetown with Dr. Henry Oakes officiating. Burial was in Wallace Lutheran Cemetery.