Stanley L. Grannis

Stanley L. Grannis passed away March 6, 2011; his life touched countless minds and hearts. Mr. Grannis' wife, Dorothy preceded him in 2006 after a life of 64 years together. He was born to Dr. Earl and Kate May Louise Price Grannis on January 25, 1921 in Juliaetta, Idaho, at the home of his grandparents, Fred Lyman and Mary Turner Grannis. Mr. Grannis served in the U.S. Army from 1942-1946, as a Captain in the 862nd Regiment-Aviation Engineering Battalion, in the European Theatre, World War II. His unit built airfields in Belgium and Germany after the D-Day landings. He was a veteran of the Battle of the Bulge and the liberations of Paris, Aachen, Frankfurt, and Berlin. In 1948, Mr. Grannis graduated as an Agronomist from the University of Idaho at Moscow. He was a member of Phi Delta Theta fraternity. His career in the field of agriculture included a partnership in the Western Valley Seed Company of Lewiston, Idaho and as Chief Executive Officer of Faribault Foods in Faribault, Minnesota, a major Midwest canning company. In 1973 he formed Grannis, Inc., a consulting firm servicing the food processing industry until 1995, when he fully retired. He also was a member of the Masonic Lodge and Tripoli Shrine. He is survived by a daughter, Patricia Bresani and a son-in-law, Federico Bresani in New Jersey; a son, Albert Grannis and daughter-in-law, Roberta Grannis; granddaughters, Christina and Mike Strubel of Bedford, New York; Vianna and Gabriel Di Gristina and great-grandsons, Grayson and Levi of Cumberland, Maine. A brother, Gordon E. Grannis preceded him in 2008 in California. A private Service will be held in Oro Valley, Tucson, Arizona on Saturday, March 26, 2011. In lieu of flowers, please make a donation to the Oro Valley VFW, Post 132, P.O. Box 69665, Oro Valley, AZ 85737. Arrangements by ADAIR FUNERAL HOMES, Avalon Chapel (742-7901).