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Show SET, C. B, GRISWOLD I DIES I FRANCE OF PEUMHU Sad news reached Ogden yesterday when Mrs. Clayton B, Griswold of 201 Twenty-eighth street received word of the death of her husband Sergeant C. B. Griswold who was called to the great beyond, October 20 after a short illness of labar-pneumonia. Sgt. Griswold Gris-wold was in the office of the quartermaster, quarter-master, headquarters base section No. 2 with the American Expeditionary Forces and has just been recommended recommend-ed for a commission. Surviving him are his wife and his mother who resides re-sides in Portland, Oregon. Sergeant Griswold was borft in Racine, Wisconsin Wiscon-sin and had resided in Ogden for a number of years where he was a valued val-ued employe of the Pingree National bank. Ogdenites were grieved to learn, of his untimely death. j Sergeant Griswold enlisted in the( army in June. 1917, and left Ogden j with a number of other Ogden boys j for service. He was assigned for dut I with the 10th engineers forest regi-l I ment and went across with his com-! pany soon afterward. After seven j mouths service he was transferred to the headquarters office and while there was given the recommendation for nrnmntlnn. Before his enlistment he was a teller tel-ler at the Pingree National bank, coming to the bank-aftor having been cashier of the Mountain States Telephone Tele-phone and Telegraph company of Ogden Og-den for a number of years. He was an expert accountant and well known in business circles. He was born in Chicago thirt-two years ago, but has; made Ogden his home for a number of 'years. He was married to Ada Riley, sister to James II. Riley, cashier of the Pingree National bank.. The letter which was. received by Mrs. Griswold is from Major R. R. Collins, Q. M. U. S. A., and reads: "Dear Mrs. Griswold: You will 'doubt- I less have received the sad news be-1 fore the receipt of this letter tolling) you of the death of your husband. "I am returning you herewith a j letter received this morning. I want to take the opportunity to tell' you how much wo all sympathize with you' in your affliction, and how much we all thought of your husband; 1 have: been acquainted with him for the past j seven months; and. after many efforts.! j succeeded tho first of this month in having him transferred to this office, I whore ho thought, and so did I that his opportunities for advancement in the finance would bo very much better I than his previous location. He was doing exceptionally well here and was very highly regarded by everyone in the officu and arrangements arrange-ments had been made, so that 1 felt sure that ho could have taken an examination ex-amination and received a commission after being here a few months. "You may well feel proud of Uie I excellent record he has made over I hero and I am sure it will be some I consolation to you to know that ho j has given his life for his country in this very worthy cause, as have so many other fine young men who have come over here through a sense of I duty and with a desire to do their full share to protect our country and our homes. "1 want to assure you again of my sincere sympathy, as I realize the loss must bo a very great one t you. Sincerely, R. R. COLLINS, Major. Q. M. U. S. A. I oo |