{"id":7197,"date":"2020-08-06T13:39:47","date_gmt":"2020-08-06T13:39:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/och-c.com\/?p=7197"},"modified":"2020-08-06T13:39:47","modified_gmt":"2020-08-06T13:39:47","slug":"stephen-leroy-griffin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/och-c.com\/index.php\/2020\/08\/06\/stephen-leroy-griffin\/","title":{"rendered":"Stephen Leroy Griffin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Stephen Leroy Griffin<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>July 30, 1947 \u2013 Aug. 1, 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>TOPEKA \u2014 Stephen Leroy Griffin, Osage City, died Saturday, Aug. 1, 2020, at Stormont-Vail Hospital, Topeka. He was 73.<\/p>\n<p>He was born July 30, 1947, in Burlingame, the son of William Frances and Mildred Francis (Kelley) Griffin. He served in the U.S. Navy.<\/p>\n<p>Steve married Elizabeth Catherine Gunterman Sept. 6, 1969, in Topeka. She survives of the home.<\/p>\n<p>He worked at the State of Kansas Job Service Office for many years. He was a member Corinthian Lodge 79 Masonic Lodge, in Burlingame.<\/p>\n<p>Steve was preceded in death by parents, six sisters and nine brothers.<\/p>\n<p>Besides his wife, he will be forever remembered by two daughters, Ginger LeAnn Fay and husband, Eric, Emporia, and Stephanie Louise Griffin, Bon Aire, Ga.; a son, Robert Griffin and wife, Sherry, Lebo; four sisters, Julia Traphagan, Burlingame, Liz Johnson and husband, Dennis, Carbondale, Paula Clark and husband, John, of Belle Plaine, and Patti Fleak, Burlingame; three brothers, Bob Griffin and wife, Dolly, Lawrence, Dale Griffin and wife, Joan, Olivet, and Tim Griffin and wife, Kylin, Burlingame; seven grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.<\/p>\n<p>Funeral service will be 11 a.m., Friday, Aug. 7, at Jones VanArsdale Funeral Home, Lebo. Visitation will be6 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 6 at VanArsdale Funeral Home, Lebo. Cremation will follow service. Inurnment will be in Burlingame Cemetery at a later date.<\/p>\n<p>Memorial contributions may be made to Corinthian Lodge 79 Masonic Lodge or America Cancer Society and sent in care of Jones VanArsdale Funeral Home, P.O. Box 43, Lebo, KS 66856.<\/p>\n<p>Condolences may be expressed at Vanarsdalefs.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stephen Leroy Griffin July 30, 1947 \u2013 Aug. 1, 2020 TOPEKA \u2014 Stephen Leroy Griffin, Osage City, died Saturday, Aug. 1, 2020, at Stormont-Vail Hospital, Topeka. He was 73. He was born July 30, 1947, in Burlingame, the son of William Frances and Mildred Francis (Kelley) Griffin. He served in the U.S. Navy. 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