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Donald Griggs Obituary

First Sergeant Donald W. Griggs, born 1944 in Twin Oaks, PA., to Horace and Mamie (Smalls) Griggs, passed away due to medical complications on July 25, 2016, after years of

devotion to his family and retiring after decades of dedicated and honorable service to the Army (1963-1987) and El Paso County (Colorado) Sheriff's Department (1989-2002) where he retired at the rank of sergeant.

Donald was a Life member of the Fraternal Order of Police and the NAACP. He was also a 32nd -degree

Mason and a past president of the United Methodist Men for Peoples United Methodist Church.

Donald was preceded in death by his parents and three brothers.

He is survived by two daughters, Shenetha Myers (Connecticut) and Maemie Lorenzo (California), step-daughter Helen (Arthur) Sapp of Colorado Springs, and Step-son Robert (Cindy) Branch of Wyoming, a throng of loving grand and great grandchildren, nieces, and nephews.

A memorial service will take place on August 12 at 4 p.m., Calvary United

Methodist Church, 4210 Austin Bluffs Parkway.

In lieu of flowers Donald

requested donations be made to any of the following Foundations: Wounded Warrior, Kidney,

Parkinson's, Cancer, or Multiple Sclerosis.

Please send any online

condolences to www.

angelusfuneraldirectors.com

Angelus Chapel Funeral Directors

1104 S. Circle Drive

Colorado Springs, CO 80909

719-391-1918

www.AngelusFuneral

Directors.com

To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.

Published by The Gazette on Aug. 5, 2016.

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Shenetha Myers

November 18, 2021

I miss you dearly Daddy!

August 11, 2016

mr griggs will always be a great choir brother / just keep on singing rip/ lamar

Dave RUHE

August 10, 2016

Donald was a fun but serious Deputy to work with at the S.O., he helped me numerous times that I will not forget, great sense of humor. R.I.P. my brother and friend.

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