Eleventh Generation

447. Clare Luen "Junior" GRIGGS Jr. (~) was born on 16 March 1928 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^115,339 at 1103 Glendale Avenue at 9:00 A.M. (His name is listed as "Clare JR" in the county birth registration records.) He appeared in the census in 1930 in Adams, Adams Township, Adams County, WI.³⁵² He appeared in the census in 1940 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.³¹⁶ Junior died on 21 January 1998 at the age of 69 in Madison, Dane County, WI.¹¹⁵ Obituary Notes: "Claire Griggs, 69, of Madison and formerly of Tomah, died Wednesday, January 21, 1998, at the St. Mary's Care Center in Madison. He was born in Tomah on March 16, 1928, to Claire and Grace (Kuckuck) Griggs. He was united in marriage to Eleanor Gittler.

Claire was a corporal in the U. S. Marine Corps and served in the Finance Department at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina. He was employed as a locksmith for A-1 Locksmith Company in Greendale, WI and as a locksmith for the University of Wisconsin in Madison.

He is survived by his wife Eleanor; one son, C. Curt (Chari) Griggs of Reedsburg; one daughter, Bonita F. Griggs of Reedsburg; two stepsons, David (Carol) Whitman of Cedar Creek, and Kent Whitman of Milwaukee; three sisters, Elva (Emil) Prise and Bev Drew, both of Tomah, and Carol (Arlan) Roeske of Sparta; five grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers, Lyle and Harold Griggs; one sister, Ruth Griggs; and one niece, Ruth Ann Johnson." He was buried on 25 April 1998 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.¹¹⁵ in the Oak Grove Cemetery (Original Plot, Block 6, Lot 71).

Clare Luen "Junior" GRIGGS Jr. (~) and Elenora Dorothy "Lenor" GITTLER were married on 7 March 1950 in South Bend, St. Joseph County, IN.^115,438 He cannot be located in the 1950 Census, but Lenor and her two sons were living with her mother in Milwaukee. In the April census, she was listed as Divorced, but she had married Clare in March. Elenora Dorothy "Lenor" GITTLER, daughter of Felice F. GITTLER and Kazmiera ADAMSKI, was born on 20 February 1914 in Juneau, Dodge County, WI.^115,357 She appeared in the census in 1920 in Milwaukee, Milwaukee Township, Milwaukee County, WI.⁴⁷² (She cannot be located in the 1930 Census records.) She appeared in the census in April 1950 in Milwaukee, Milwaukee Township, Milwaukee County, WI.⁴³⁸ She was listed as Divorced and living with her mother in April, even though she had married Clare Griggs on March 7th. Her two sons from her first marriage were living with her. Her occupation was "Tool Room Supplier, Electrical Units Mfg." Lenor died on 24 September 1999 at the age of 85 in Juneau, Dodge County, WI.^115,357 She died at Clearview Nursing Home, Juneau. Memorial services were held at the White Funeral Home, Tomah. She was buried on 30 September 1999 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^115,357,506 in the Oak Grove Cemetery (Original Plot, Block 6, Lot 71). Her gravestone lists her as "Elenora J."

Clare Luen "Junior" GRIGGS Jr. (~) and Elenora Dorothy "Lenor" GITTLER had the following children: