Norman Walter Gritton

Norman Walter Gritton ROCHESTER, Iowa -- Norman Walter Gritton, 64, of Rochester, died on Saturday, June 16, 2012, at Mercy Hospital, Iowa City, from complications of meningitis. Funeral Service will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, June 20, 2012, at the Fry Funeral Home, Tipton. The Rev. Ron Lashmit will officiate services. Burial will take place at the Rochester Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 19, 2012, the funeral home. A general memorial fund has been established in memory of Norman. Norman was born on May 23, 1948, in Rochester, the son of Vearl and Minnie Osborn Gritton,. He was a graduate of Tipton High School, class of 1966. He was united in marriage to Gracie Arlene Clements on September 3, 1966, in Tipton. He was employed as a road maintenance heavy equipment operator for the Iowa Department of Transportation for 20-plus years. Norman was involved in the Rochester Labor Day Committee and enjoyed being an announcer for the Snapper City Days Parade. Norman is loved and survived by his wife, Gracie Gritton of Rochester; two sons, Loren Gritton and wife, Cari, of Rochester, Lonnie Gritton of Kansas City, K...[more]

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as; his grandchildren, Steven Gritton and Alicia Remley and husband, Cody; a great-grandchild, Caden Remley; and his brothers, Darrell Gritton and wife, Deanna, and Leland Gritton and wife, Karen, all of Rochester. He parents preceded him in death.