Submitted by: Dan Rich
Nov. 20, 1903 - June 3, 1998
South Bend Tribune 6/5/1998
Mrs. Genevieve Griggs, 94, of
Mishawaka, Ind., passed away at 10:30 p.m. on Wednesday, June 3,
in her home. She was born on Nov. 20, 1903, in Mishawaka, to the
late Claude and Grace (Parker) Westfall. On May 28,
1931, in Oakland, Calif., she married Angus David ''Bud'' Griggs,
who passed away on April 29, 1990. She was also preceded in death
by a brother, Virgil Westfall in 1990.
She had lived in this community most of her
life except for a short time when she and her husband lived in
Oakland. They returned to Mishawaka in 1937. Mrs. Griggs is
survived by a daughter, Billie Bunch of Elkhart, Ind.; and
by two grandsons, David Bunch of Lima, Ohio, and Dennis Bunch of
Milwaukee, Wis.
Services will be at 2 p.m. on Saturday, June
6, in the Palmer Funeral Home, 1109 Lincoln Way West, Osceola,
Ind. Rev. Scott Weaver of Grace Brethren Church, Mishawaka, will
officiate. Burial will follow in City Cemetery, Mishawaka.
Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. today in the Palmer
Funeral Home, Osceola. Contributions in memory of Mrs. Griggs may
be made to Pet Refuge, Inc., 2300 W. 6th Street, Mishawaka, IN
46544.