Earl Grigsby, 79, died Saturday, Sept. 29, 2012 at 12:57 p.m. at St. Rita’s Medical Center, Lima, Ohio.
He was born June 7, 1933 in Hindman, Kentucky, to Timothy and Della (Sparkman) Grigsby and they are both are deceased.
He married Anas Anett Wireman on Aug. 21,1954, and she died Nov. 20, 1989.
Mr. Grigsby was a self-employed truck driver.
He attended the Freewill Baptist Church in McGuffey and was a U.S. Army Veteran serving during the Korean War. He was a life member of the VFW Post #1275 of Lima.
SURVIVORS include: 2 SONS: Earl “Eugene” (Margie) Grigsby of Spencerville and Mark D. Grigsby of Lima.
Junior Colin Burns won Medalist honors on a record-setting day as the Ohio Northern men's golf team won the Mount Union Fall Invitational Sunday and Monday at Tannenhauf Golf Course and the Alliance Country Club.
The Polar Bears (21-4) won the 7-team tournament with a 36-hole school record score of 591.
Ohio Northern also broke its 18-hole team record with a first round 286 on Sunday.
Burns shattered his own 36-hole school record with a tournament-winning 70-70—140, claiming Medalist honors by six strokes.
Mount Union was second with a 607, Otterbein was third with a 608 and John Carroll was fourth with a 611.
The Ohio Northern women's tennis team competed at the ITA Central Region Championships at Washington University (Mo.) over the weekend.
Sophomore Kristin Cellentani advanced to the round of 32 in the main singles draw before falling to No. 4 seed Linden Li of Chicago by a 6-3, 7-5 score.
Freshman Christina Corbean and Taryn Strombeck won the consolation doubles.
Cellentani teamed with sophomore Brittany Miller to make the consolation doubles semifinals.
Senior Christie Gales and sophomore Michelle Tuma also made it the consolation doubles semifinals.
