DEWEY PURL GRINSTEAD

OTTUMWA.  DEWEY PURL GRINSTEAD, age 94 of Ottumwa died July 31, 2007 at the Ridgewood Nursing and Rehab Center in Ottumwa.  He was born May 4, 1913 in Davis County, Iowa to Freeman and Mae Lawson Grinstead.  He married Marguerite Grant  April 16, 1932 in Lancaster, Missouri.  She preceded him in death January 24, 2003.  He was a resident of Ottumwa most of his life and worked at John Morrell & Company for 32 years.  He was a member of the Dunnville Baptist Church.

He is survived by a daughter in law  Sandra Grinstead Cook of Ottumwa, Iowa;  4 grandchildren  Rusty Grinstead, Cody Kerby and Jody Allen all of Bloomfield, Iowa and Rick Grinstead of Pulaski, Iowa;  8 great grandchildren and 9 great great grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents;  wife;  a son  Dewey Grinstead, Jr.;  3 sisters  Hazel Grinstead, Alma Pilcher and Ruth Dooley and 3 brothers  Glen, Beryl and Clarence Grinstead.