In any community, certain families so endear themselves to the inhabitants by word and deed that their happiness and sorrows are shared equally. Thus last August when Jack Grimm lost an arm in a farm accident, his family and his parents were showered with understanding which only a beloved family receives at such a time. Jack, as the son of Ed and Sally Ryan Grimm, had always been a leader. In his high school days, Jack was a valuable member of the basketball team; he was an excellent student, a talented pianist; a class officer. When he went off to the University of Illinois following graduation in 1934, the folks at home were proud when he ended his college career as president of his college fraternity, Beta Theta Pi. Returning to his home town, he opened a furniture store to carry on a family tradition. Then came World War II and Jack was off to the South Pacific as a Naval officer. He saw action in many of the great Naval Battles which finally brought victory to the Flag under which he proudly served. Returning after the War, he brought his young bride to his home town and turned to farming "Because I like farming and I want my boys to grow up on a farm”. Saturday morning while assisting with the preparation of breakfast at the family home, Jack was stricken with a heart attack and died only moments later. Thus again, in only a few short months, a community reeled under the shock and again showered its affection and understanding on the stricken family. Edward Ryan Grimm was born February 26, 1916, the son of Edward O. and Sally Ryan Grimm. Following graduation from Delphi high school and the University of Illinois, he had engaged in the furniture business in Delphi and in Kansas City before entering the service as a Navy Lieutenant. In recent years he had been engaged in farming. A member of the Delphi Presbyterian church, he served as a member of the Selective Service Board of the County and was a member of the Delphi American Legion. Surviving are his widow, the former Edna LaVanway of Ottowa, Illinois, now an elementary teacher in the Delphi schools; four sons, Douglas E. by a previous marriage; Edward Joseph, Karl Ryan and Thomas Allen at home; his parents, who also reside in Delphi. Rev. James Wm. Rankin officiated at the service Monday afternoon from the Jackson funeral home, which had been Jack’s boyhood home. Burial was in the Masonic cemetery where graveside military rites were conducted by the American Legion.

Delphi Citizen February 23, 1961