The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1905-08-07
OBITUARY NOTES.
The Late Frank D. GrinneIl-Grand
Secretary n. E. O. p.

Secretary n. E. O. p.
Frank D. Grinnell, grand secretary of
the New England Order of Protection,
who died of heart trouble at his home
in East Haven Friday night after an
illness of three months. was about six
ty-three years old and leaves a widow,
two daughters and one son.
The funeral will be held from the
family residence this afternoon at two
O'Clock and from the Old Stone church
at 8 o'clock. The bearers will be J. w.
Chaplin, F. C. Hill. F. H. Drew, William
H: Ely, P. C. Whalen and J. Wall.
TheEe will no doubt be a large attend
ance4
Mr. GrinnelI was born in Westport,
Mass. in 1872, andS came to this city in
| 1860, entering the, employ of Heman B.,
Allen & Co., then dry goods merchants,
as a clerk. Later he acquired the BUSH
ness, conducting it under the name of
Griswo4d. Minor & Co., selling it out to
Monsoon & Carpenter, which firm was
succeeded by the Charles Monson COM
pany. In 1864 he married Edna Eliza
Epson. daughter of Alfred Epson. Two
sons and two daughters were born to
them-Harry, who was connected with
the Consolidated railroad, dying about
1.-TWO years ago; Edward S., who was
with his father in the Gilbert Coal
Iecmpany;s Bertha, the wife of ]. J. .Qs-
born, former consul to Denmark, and
residing in Washington, and Grace. who
lives at home.
OF late years Mr.. Grinnell had been
superintendent of the L. c. Gilbert Coal
company. He was a member of Hiram
lodge, f. and A. NJ, and held member
ship also in the Royal Arcanurn, the
Workmen and the New England OrdRr
Of Protection. Ess
Mr.. Grinnell had been looked upon as
the father eff the New England Order
of Protection in Connecticut. When
Elm Tree lodge, of this city, was Or
ganized on May 2, 1882, through his in
strumentahtys he was elected secre-
tary, which position he held for eleven
years, until, from press of business, he
was forced to give2it up. He PERSONAL
| ~ brought in ,2S6 members, and it was
chiefly through his work that Elm
Tree lodge is aow the leading lodge in
the entire order. with a membership of
over thousand.
When the Connecticut grand lodge
was instituted, later on in 1888, he was
made grand secretary, which position
he held up to the time of his death.
During that peniod he discharged his
duties conscientiDusly and he had liter
ally been the mainsprng in animating
and enthusing the order in this state
and of bringing the organization up to
the high standard that it at present &C.
lcupies.
For the past fifteen years he had been
the supreme deputy for Connecticut
during which he personally instituted
Iseventy-six out Of the eighty lodges Of
the ordar IN the STAKE. 49,. III.
i He hadarbeefl a member of the su-
preme executive board for the past six
teen years, was a Nfe member of the
supreme lodge and chairman Of the
board of trustees Of the supreme lodge
fer four years. &}$ Vi IT,
ut Certainly 2tsF al wonderful record
He will be mourned by the member
ship throughout the order at large, for
there is scarcely member throughout
the length and breadth of New Eng
land who has not heard of and re-
spected the name of Frank D. Grim
nell, s,.,,ygy. ,t~-->a ~ IT,