[Greater-baltimore] FW: Passing of Lee Griffith

[Melissa Ann Riccobono]

Here is some information about Lee Griffith.

-----Original Message-----
From: Shirley Riffle [mailto:SRiffle at BISM.org] 
Sent: Monday, March 29, 2010 11:37 AM
To: Rehabilitation
Cc: Dan Woytowitz; Christina Davis; Melissa Ann Riccobono
Subject: Passing of Lee Griffith

Lee Griffith passed away last Wednesday at the age of 89.  Lee was a
Baltimore SAIL student, then peer teacher from 2001 to 2005.  Lee was famous
for his sense of humor, his kindness, and his generosity.  He loved to teach
Braille, invent fundraising projects, and find bargains for supply
purchases.  Lee spent countless hours as our "telephone ambassador" to
prospective students and seniors new to blindness; he was a kind,
encouraging voice on the other end of the phone.  Lee was an excellent
carpenter; while in the SAIL program he made wooden step stools in Wood Shop
for the rehab vans.  Most recently, while living at Morningside Assisted
Living, he talked with staff about starting a Braille class for residents;
he believed strongly that everyone losing vision needed to learn Braille no
matter what their age.  Lee will be greatly missed, and he will never be
forgotten by all whose lives he touched.

 

Visitation:            Friday, April 2, 2010

                                3 to 5 pm and 7 to 9 pm

                                Singleton Funeral Home

                                One 2nd Avenue, SW

                                Glen Burnie, MD 21061

                                410-766-7070

 

Funeral:               Saturday, April 3, 2010

                                9:30 am

                                Singleton Funeral Home

 

Obituary:             LEE M. GRIFFITH, 89, of Severna Park, MD passed away
on March 24, 2010 at the Baltimore Washington Medical Center.  He was born
in Severn in 1920.  He served during WWII in the US Army in the
communication division and was attached to the US Marine Corps during the
landing of Iwo Jima.  Lee worked for Proctor & Gamble for a short time and
later went to work for the C&P Telephone Co. serving as lineman, area
manager, and then staff manager of purchasing before he retired.  He was a
past President of the Glen Burnie Kiwanis Club and was also active with the
Boy Scouts of America.  Mr. Griffith was involved with Blind Industries and
Services of MD teaching Braille and making training aides.  He had a love of
farming and woodworking, he was very mechanical and could fix anything.  He
was a creative and inventive person.  Mr. Griffith is the beloved husband of
the late Geraldine I. Griffith; devoted father of Howard L. Griffith and his
wife Barbara; Betty M. Watts and her husband Richard; loving grandfather of
Leigh Ann Wiles, Kaitlin and Laura Watts, and a dear friend of Mildred Todd.

 

Memorials:         In lieu of flowers, contributions in Mr. Griffith's name
may be made to the Baltimore Washington Medical Center, Cardio/Pulmonary
Rehab Dept., 301 Hospital Drive, Glen Burnie, MD 21061.

 

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