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Obituary:
Donald Grimes, 73,
former Pennsylvania chief
[Ephrata, PA]

December 31, 2000, Sunday
Copyright 2000 Lancaster Newspapers, Inc.
Sunday News (Lancaster, Pa.)
December 31, 2000, Sunday

(EHPRATA, Pa.) -- Donald E. Grimes, 73, of 913 N. Sixth St., Denver, died unexpectedly at 6:57 p.m. Friday of natural causes in the emergency room at Ephrata Community Hospital.

Grimes was a former chief of police in East Cocalico Township.

He was also a deputy with the Pennsylvania Game Commission and a member of the Cocalico Sportsman’s Association.

Grimes was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II.

Born in Denver, he was the son of Stella Dunkelberger Grimes.

He is survived by one daughter, Wendy L. Larsen, Reinholds; and one sister, Marlene, wife of Robert H. Hammer, Denver.