Donald Bruce Grisham, 23 Feb 1932 - 29 Oct 2020

GRISHAM, BLIOBENES, DOEHRMANN, KINCKLEBEIN, MOORE, SWANSON, LEMM, NIEBUHR

Posted By: Sarah Witte (email)
Date: 11/4/2020 at 14:30:56

Donald Bruce Grisham, 88, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa died on Thursday, October 29, 2020 at UnityPoint St. Luke’s Hospital in Cedar Rapids, after a long and hard battel with head and neck cancer.Me morial services will at 11:00 AM on Tuesday, November 3 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. A graveside service will be held at 10:00 AM on Wednesday, November 4th at Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery.

As mandated by proclamation, social distancing must be practiced. The use of facemasks or shields is required.

Donald was born on February 23, 1932 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa the son of Cleo and Anne (Bliobenes) Grisham. He graduated from Roosevelt High School with the class of 1951. Donald was united in marriage to Alice Doehrmann on June 13, 1958 in Williamsburg, Iowa. He was employed at Rockwell Collins and retired after many years of service.

Donald enjoyed and was awarded the Silver Beaver Award for being a lifelong commissioner in Boy Scouts. He was an avid hunter and fisherman. In his younger years, Donald took a canoeing and camping trip all the way up the Mississippi to Canada with his hunting buddy. He loved mowing his yard with his good old John Deere tractor. After retirement from Rockwell Collins, he enjoyed spending time with his beloved family. Donald was nurturing, innovative, honorable, and loving. He will be greatly missed by all who knew and loved him.

He is survived by his loving wife, of 62 years, Alice Grisham of Cedar Rapids, IA; two children, Lance (Carla) Grisham and Linette (Phil) Kincklebein; grandchildren, Katlin D. Moore, Ethan C. Moore, and Josey Swanson, Calley (Sam) Lemm, Miranda Grisham, and Justin Grisham; Abbey (Forrest) Niebuhr.

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Published in The Gazette on November 2, 2020.