NORMAN LEE GRITTON 75 OF BROKEN ARROW, OK. FORMERLY OF TORONTO, OHIO; DIED THURSDAY DEC. 18, 2003 IN ST. FRANCIS HOSPITAL IN TULSA, OK. NORM WAS BORN DEC. 3, 1928 IN TORONTO, OHIO; SON OF THE LATE WILLIAM JASPER AND GRACE IRENE RAMSEY GRITTON. NORM WAS A MET LIFE REPRESENTIVE IN THE TORONTO, OHIO AREA FROM 1957 UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT AT THE END OF 1983. HE WAS A LIFE LONG MEMBER OF THE NORTH RIVER AVE. CHURCH OF CHRIST IN TORONTO, OHIO AND WAS A FORMER DEACON IN THE CHURCH. NORM SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U.S. ARMY DURING THE KOREAN WAR. IN ADDITION TO HIS PARENTS, NORM WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY: THREE BROTHERS;BILLY IN 1988, RICHARD IN 1997, AND DONALD IN 1998. SURVIVING ARE; HIS WIFE OF OF 50 YEARS AS OF THIS PASSED OCT., BARBARA J. RAYL GRITTON OF HOME, ONE SON; DOUG AND HIS WIFE DONNA GRITTON OF LINCOLN, NEB., ONE DAUGHTER; LINDA AND HER HUSBAND DALE KANARY OF DOYLESTOWN,OHIO. TWO GRANDCHILDREN; JESSICA AND BRENT GRITTON OF LINCOLN, NEB., AND ONE BROTHER; LESLIE AND HIS WIFE BETTY GRITTON OF SANTA CLARA, CALF. FRIENDS AND FAMILY MAY CALL ON MONDAY DEC. 22, 2003 FROM 2-4 AND 7-9 PM. AT THE J.E.FOSTER FUNERAL HOME, INC. 701 FINDLEY ST. TORONTO, OHIO. FRIENDS MAY CALL ON TUESDAY AT THE N. RIVER AVE. CHURCH OF CHRIST FROM 9:00 AM. UP TIL TIME OF THE SERVICE WHICH IS AT 10:00 AM. PASTOR ROBERT HANZE WILL OFFICIATE THE SERVICE AND BURIAL WILL FOLLOW IN TORONTO UNION CEMETERY. FULL MILITARY GRAVESIDE SERVICES WILL BE CONDUCTED BY THE TORONTO AMERICAN LEGION POST # 86. MEMORIAL DONATIONS MAY BE MADE TO EITHER THE DIABETES ASSOC., OR THE THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOC. TO SEND CONDOLENCES ONLINE TO THE FAMILY GO TO:www.jefosterfh.com 1-740-537-3900 or 1-800-557-4318

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