William Roderick Grubbs

1928 - 2019

William Roderick Grubbs

1928 - 2019

BORN

1928

DIED

2019

William Grubbs Obituary

Published by Legacy Remembers on Sep. 10, 2019.
William was born on January 21, 1928 and passed away on Saturday, September 7, 2019. Born in 1928 to Donald and Minnie Belle Grubbs in Manhattan, Kansas, Bill grew up in Newton and attended Newton public schools, Bethel College and Kansas State University, where he earned a B.S. in Zoology. In 1954, he entered the United States Army, first stationed at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas, and then at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Memorials are suggested to Cal Farley's Boys Ranch ( calfarley.org/ways to give) or to the Douglas County Visiting Nurses Association - Hospice Care ( www.kansasvna.org.

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