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Wednesday, August 31, 1949, Page 20
W.G. Griffith, 43, State Liquor Store Employee
Wilbert Grant Griffith, 43, an employee of the State Liquor
Control Board, who worked as a clerk in the State liquor store,
Easton, died yesterday afternoon at his home 153 Ferry Street,
Easton.
Mr. Griffith had been in failing health for some time. Dr.
Joseph Grant, Easton physician who had been treating Mr. Griffith,
said death was caused by a heart attack.
Born May 12, 1906 in Cedarville, Northampton County. Mr, Griffith
had spent nearly all his life in Easton. He had been associated
with the liquor since 1940 Prior to that he was investigator
for the State Emergency Relief Board in Easton.
He attended the Easton public schools and Easton High School,
and was graduated from the Institute of Applied Science of
Chicago, Ill. He at one time served in the National Guard.
Mr. Griffith was a son of the late Ervin J. and Sarah Elizabeth
Griffith.
He was a member of Trinity Evangelical United Brethren Church
and it's Sunday school, the Eagles and Moose Lodges, the Northampton
Club Young Republican Club, Easton Athletic Club. Pioneer Athletic
Association. Jacksonian Democratic Association, Franklin Engine
Co,., McKinley Club, and the Order of Fleas, all of Easton
and the Grover Clevealnd Democratic Association of Bethlehem.
His only survivor is his wife, Margaret Roberts Griffith.
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