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Clarence Melvin Griswold

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Clarence Melvin Griswold

Birth
Red Bluff, Tehama County, California, USA
Death
4 Apr 2007 (aged 93)
The Dalles, Wasco County, Oregon, USA
Burial
Cremated, Ashes scattered. Specifically: Ashes scattered with his wife's at Hatcher Pass AK Add to Map
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Clarence Griswold was born on Coyote Creek near Red Bluff CA in 1913. His father was already seriously ill and the family of his widow and nine children struggled when he died in 1919. Fortunately, the older children were able to find work in the orchards and farms in the area often managing for absentee owners. Thus they could have a home, farm animals and garden with fruit and nuts to glean from the farms. As Clarence soon needed to help earn a living, he started working as an Angora goat herder, joined by his brothers. As they learned the trade, they acquired their own herd and spent several rather prosperous years in the business. But as synthetic fabrics came to the market, the goat business became unprofitable and so Clarence moved on to a new career, now with a wife and four children.

He had learned to trap coyotes during the goat herding years and so it followed that he started working as a predator controller for either the state or the federal government. Soon he was assigned a territory in Siskiyou County where he worked until his retirement. Clarence and Jean sold their home there and moved to Alaska where they worked, hunted and fished for several years before moving back "outside" this time to Oregon. They purchased a farm, grew lots of fruit and vegetables, moved several times, and cared for his brother Charley until he passed. After his beloved wife Jean died, Clarence moved to The Dalles to live with his son & family until his death. He enjoyed several years of walking in the hills with his dog, learning to play the violin, and gardening.
Clarence Griswold was born on Coyote Creek near Red Bluff CA in 1913. His father was already seriously ill and the family of his widow and nine children struggled when he died in 1919. Fortunately, the older children were able to find work in the orchards and farms in the area often managing for absentee owners. Thus they could have a home, farm animals and garden with fruit and nuts to glean from the farms. As Clarence soon needed to help earn a living, he started working as an Angora goat herder, joined by his brothers. As they learned the trade, they acquired their own herd and spent several rather prosperous years in the business. But as synthetic fabrics came to the market, the goat business became unprofitable and so Clarence moved on to a new career, now with a wife and four children.

He had learned to trap coyotes during the goat herding years and so it followed that he started working as a predator controller for either the state or the federal government. Soon he was assigned a territory in Siskiyou County where he worked until his retirement. Clarence and Jean sold their home there and moved to Alaska where they worked, hunted and fished for several years before moving back "outside" this time to Oregon. They purchased a farm, grew lots of fruit and vegetables, moved several times, and cared for his brother Charley until he passed. After his beloved wife Jean died, Clarence moved to The Dalles to live with his son & family until his death. He enjoyed several years of walking in the hills with his dog, learning to play the violin, and gardening.

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