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March 1, 2014
Services
Friends and family are invited to memorial visitation from 1pm – 3pm on Saturday, March 8, 2014 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne. A Memorial Service will be held at 3pm just after the visitation hours.
David C. “Pinky” Griswold age 67 of Green Pond passed Saturday, March 1, 2014.
He was born in Morristown and raised in Madison having moved to Green Pond at the age of fifteen. He graduated from Morris Hills Regional High School with the Class of 1965. After high school and during the Vietnam War he served in the Air National Guard. When he was honorably discharged from the service he went on to attend Windham College in Putney, Vermont and later Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut.
David received the nickname Pinky when he was a newborn baby. His sister Nancy was four years old and first saw the new addition to their family and said “he’s pink”. From that day forward David was known as “Pinky.” His first job was as a newspaper delivery boy when the family lived in Madison. In his formative years he worked at the Green Pond Stand and at the Craigmeur Ski Area. Pinky was always willing to work hard and settled into a career as a general contractor. For many years he worked around the Green Pond area building and remodeling homes, designing, building, and fixing docks, seawalls, and just about any project you could imagine.
Pinky was a giving and caring person who was fun loving and had a great sense of humor. He had a special place in his heart for animals and especially loved the rescue dogs he adopted as his own. He loved Green Pond and could be found cruising in his wooden Century boat, fishing, swimming, or watching the Comet races on the lake. For many years he enjoyed drag racing at Island Dragway in Great Meadows. He made many friends and enjoyed the comradery among the racers at the drag strip. Many will remember the Datsun 240z car into which he embedded a high performance Chevrolet V8 engine. Pinky was an active player with the Green Pond Softball League during the ‘70’s and ‘80’s. He played on a number of teams, but being a member of The Owls was his favorite because they all had so much fun together. He played a number of positions and was known, on occasion, to swing a mean bat.
He was predeceased by his parents Howard and Norma (Mercer) Griswold. Pinky was the loving brother of Robert Griswold and his wife Katha of Green Pond, and the late Nancy Roth (2004); cherished uncle of Bonnie Camarota, her husband Mark, and their daughter Emily of Cheshire, Connecticut, and Jennifer Jackson, her longtime companion Eric Bailey and their daughters Brooke and Kiley also of Cheshire, Connecticut.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations to the Green Pond First Aid Squad, PO Box 251, Newfoundland, NJ 07435 would be appreciated.
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Friends and family are invited to memorial visitation from 1pm – 3pm on Saturday, March 8, 2014 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne. A Memorial Service will be held at 3pm just after the visitation hours.
March 1, 2014
Services
Friends and family are invited to memorial visitation from 1pm – 3pm on Saturday, March 8, 2014 at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne. A Memorial Service will be held at 3pm just after the visitation hours.
David C. “Pinky” Griswold age 67 of Green Pond passed Saturday, March 1, 2014.
He was born in Morristown and raised in Madison having moved to Green Pond at the age of fifteen. He graduated from Morris Hills Regional High School with the Class of 1965. After high school and during the Vietnam War he served in the Air National Guard. When he was honorably discharged from the service he went on to attend Windham College in Putney, Vermont and later Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut.
David received the nickname Pinky when he was a newborn baby. His sister Nancy was four years old and first saw the new addition to their family and said “he’s pink”. From that day forward David was known as “Pinky.” His first job was as a newspaper delivery boy when the family lived in Madison. In his formative years he worked at the Green Pond Stand and at the Craigmeur Ski Area. Pinky was always willing to work hard and settled into a career as a general contractor. For many years he worked around the Green Pond area building and remodeling homes, designing, building, and fixing docks, seawalls, and just about any project you could imagine.
Pinky was a giving and caring person who was fun loving and had a great sense of humor. He had a special place in his heart for animals and especially loved the rescue dogs he adopted as his own. He loved Green Pond and could be found cruising in his wooden Century boat, fishing, swimming, or watching the Comet races on the lake. For many years he enjoyed drag racing at Island Dragway in Great Meadows. He made many friends and enjoyed the comradery among the racers at the drag strip. Many will remember the Datsun 240z car into which he embedded a high performance Chevrolet V8 engine. Pinky was an active player with the Green Pond Softball League during the ‘70’s and ‘80’s. He played on a number of teams, but being a member of The Owls was his favorite because they all had so much fun together. He played a number of positions and was known, on occasion, to swing a mean bat.
He was predeceased by his parents Howard and Norma (Mercer) Griswold. Pinky was the loving brother of Robert Griswold and his wife Katha of Green Pond, and the late Nancy Roth (2004); cherished uncle of Bonnie Camarota, her husband Mark, and their daughter Emily of Cheshire, Connecticut, and Jennifer Jackson, her longtime companion Eric Bailey and their daughters Brooke and Kiley also of Cheshire, Connecticut.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations to the Green Pond First Aid Squad, PO Box 251, Newfoundland, NJ 07435 would be appreciated.
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