Webb Genealogy - Person Sheet
Webb Genealogy - Person Sheet
NameLeo Raymond Griffing 
6129
6129Census1920, Lowe Township, Washington County, KS, USA6129
MemoLine 51: Leo R Griffing, age 4 6/12, born in Kansas.
Census1930, Lowe Township, Washington County, KS, USA6130
MemoLine 9: Leo R Griffing, age 14, born in Kansas.
Census1940, Randolph, Riley County, KS, USA6285
MemoLine 54: Leo Griffing, age 24, born in Kansas. Boarder and principal of the elementary school. Lived in the same home in 1935.
OccupationElementary school principal, coach, referee, and store owner.
Honors12 Apr 1949, Topeka, Shawnee County, KS, USA
MemoEarned 32nd degree Mason.
FlagsDeceased
FatherArthur Clay Griffing (1872-1935)
MotherJennie May Price (1877-1949)
Spouses
Notes for Leo Raymond Griffing
Obituary from the Onaga Herald5800
January 30, 1992
Obituary-Leo R. Griffing
Former Onaga resident, Leo R. Griffing, 76, died January 24, 1992, at Yuma Regional Medical Center, Arizona.
Memorial services were conducted by his children and friends at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, January 25, 1992, at Trinity United Methodist Church in Yuma.
A native of Morrowville, Kansas, he was born June 30, 1915. He received his undergraduate and advanced degrees from Kansas State University. He was a teacher and an educational administrator for 45 years,, from 1933 to 1978, and lived and taught in Washington County, Randolph, Frankfort, Westmoreland, Cleburne, Circleville, Onaga, and Fowler, Kansas. Between 1966 and 1980 he was an education consultant with the State Department of Education in Topeka. He was also active in sports in Northeast Kansas as a coach and referee.
He was a member of Lodge #20 AF&AM in Circleville and earned his 32nd Degree from the Topeka Consistory Scottish Rite in 1949. He also was a member of Circleville Chapter #293 Order of Eastern Star, National Education Association, Association of Secondary Principals, Phil Delta Kappa Educational Fraternity and the Highland Park United Methodist Church in Topeka.
He was married to Ethel Evelyn Avery on December 27, 194l. She survives.
Other survivors include three sons, Darryl Griffing, Yuma, Ariz., A.C. Griffing, San Francisco, Calif.; and Brad Griffing, Wakefield, R.I.; two daughters, Gwen Eidman, Emporia, Ks.; ad Lois Griffing of Chicago, Ill.; and seven grandchildren.
January 30, 1992
Obituary-Leo R. Griffing
Former Onaga resident, Leo R. Griffing, 76, died January 24, 1992, at Yuma Regional Medical Center, Arizona.
Memorial services were conducted by his children and friends at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, January 25, 1992, at Trinity United Methodist Church in Yuma.
A native of Morrowville, Kansas, he was born June 30, 1915. He received his undergraduate and advanced degrees from Kansas State University. He was a teacher and an educational administrator for 45 years,, from 1933 to 1978, and lived and taught in Washington County, Randolph, Frankfort, Westmoreland, Cleburne, Circleville, Onaga, and Fowler, Kansas. Between 1966 and 1980 he was an education consultant with the State Department of Education in Topeka. He was also active in sports in Northeast Kansas as a coach and referee.
He was a member of Lodge #20 AF&AM in Circleville and earned his 32nd Degree from the Topeka Consistory Scottish Rite in 1949. He also was a member of Circleville Chapter #293 Order of Eastern Star, National Education Association, Association of Secondary Principals, Phil Delta Kappa Educational Fraternity and the Highland Park United Methodist Church in Topeka.
He was married to Ethel Evelyn Avery on December 27, 194l. She survives.
Other survivors include three sons, Darryl Griffing, Yuma, Ariz., A.C. Griffing, San Francisco, Calif.; and Brad Griffing, Wakefield, R.I.; two daughters, Gwen Eidman, Emporia, Ks.; ad Lois Griffing of Chicago, Ill.; and seven grandchildren.