The following is about Russells mother.
Edythe M. Grimshaw
BOUNTIFUL - Edythe Mae Osborn Grimshaw, age 79, passed away on July 11, 1982.
Born on January 4, 1903 in Salt Lake City to Frank L. and Edith Slaughter Osborn.
Married Harry D Farnow, later divorced. Married Clarence Grimshaw on April 1, 1929
in Milford, Utah. Lifelong resident of Milford, Utah.
Member LDS Church. Has been a member of the Ladies Auxiliary of the UP Railroad Old Timers.
Survivors: Three sons and two daughters, Douglas Farnow, Las Vegas, Nevada, John Grimshaw,
Bountiful, Utah; Russell Grimshaw, Salt Lake City, Mrs. Hubert A. (Anna Mae) Hickman, Magna;
Mrs Ray K (Norma) Christiansen, Bountiful; 13 grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren, three
sisters, Mrs. Erma Cline, Salt Lake City; Mrs. Myrtle Mills, Orem, Utah, Mrs Aleen Conger,
Las Vegas, Nevada.
Graveside services will be held Tuesday, July 13, at two pm, at the Mountain View Cemetery,
Beaver, Utah. Friends may call Tuesday, 1-1:45 at the Beaver First and Second Ward Chapel.
In lieu of flowers the family suggest donations to made to Milford Valley Memorial Hospital.
Funeral directors, Lindquist Bountiful Mortuary.
Russells Father, Clarence R Grimshaw
When Clarence R Grimshaw was born on 22 May 1895, in Milford, Beaver, Utah, United
States, his father, John George Grimshaw, was 27 and his mother, Mary Elizabeth
Bradfield, was 23. He married Anna Huey Griffiths on 14 November 1919. They were the
parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Beaver, Utah, United States
in 1910 and Star Election Precinct, Beaver, Utah, United States for about 20
years. He registered for military service in 1919. He died on 28 March 1965, in Mazatlán,
Chilpancingo de los Bravo, Guerrero, Mexico, at the age of 69, and was buried in Mountain
View Cemetery, Beaver, Beaver, Utah, United States
Russells Sister Norma Jean
Norma Jean Grimshaw Christiansen 1930 ~ 2006 On October 1, 2006, Norma left this earth
to join her sweetheart. She was born on August 31, 1930 to Clarence and Edythe Osborn
Grimshaw. On June 8, 1949 she married Raymond Kruse Christiansen. They were married for
55 years. Norma is survived by her children Shana and Brian (Susan) Christiansen; grandchildren
Brooke (Brent) Cole, Bae (Paul) Wagner, Kristy Ann (Brad) Cronkrite and Cody Isamu (Lydia)
Christiansen; great-grandchildren Haley Ann Heath, Kade B. Christiansen, Dustin Michael and
Hayden Kruse Wagner; brothers, Douglas (Colleen) Farnow and C. Russell (Joanie) Grimshaw and
one sister, Anna Mae Hickman, many nieces and nephews. Norma has donated her body to the
University of Utah, School of Medicine, Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy. She did not
wish to have any services. In lieu of flowers, please donate to the University of Utah,
School of Medicine or the charity of your choice in her name. The family wishes to acknowledge
the help of the University of Utah Palliative Care Services and Rocky Mountain Hospice.