Burial Records

Richard “Dick” Lee Gran

 Richard “Dick” Lee Gran died Feb. 19, 1998, in Camas.  He was 73.  Gran was born May 2, 1924, in Sandwich, Ill., and was a 17-year resident of Camas.  He worked as an electrician at Furnace electric and was a maintenance supervisor at the Love Brothers Industry in Illinois.  He also owned and operated the Amarillo Motel in Colorado Springs, Colo., for 16 years.  Gran served in the U.S. Army first special brigade in Europe during World War II at the Battle of the Bulge.

 He invented tools and equipment for his own use over the years and also liked to work on cars.

 He is survived by his wife, Joan Gran at home in Camas; mother, Mary Gran of Yorkville, Ill.; daughters, Carole Hollingsworth and Debra McClure, both of Camas; brother, John Gran of Ovilla, Texas; sister, Mary Jane Walseth of Waxahachie, Texas; four grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.

 A funeral service was held Feb. 21 at Brown’s Chapel of Roses.  Interment followed at Fern Prairie Cemtery in Camas.  Memorials may be made to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome or Doernbecher Children’s Hospital.  Brown’s Funeral Home was in care of the arrangements.

 Post Record (Camas, Washougal, WA)                     February 1998