Hinton Progress
Dated April 21, 1932

Fall Causes Death, Merrill Businessman

John A. Grimjes, a Merrill man, met with a fatal accident Monday morning. Mr.
Grimjes, who conducted a hardware store, had gone to the second floor for
some merchandise and tripped and fell through an open elevator shaft to the
basement floor 20 feet below. Simon Grimjes, who was in the store, and C.
C. Hauff, who was in an adjoining store that uses the same elevator, heard
him fall and rushed to his assistance.

Mr. Grimjes was taken to his residence immediately and lived for about two
hours, death resulting from internal hemorrhages. An arm and several ribs
were broken, and he suffered pains in the chest from the time the accident
occurred.

The deceased was born in Stanton Township in April 1885, and grew to manhood
there, farming in Plymouth for a few years.

He was married in 1909 to Miss Jessie Knapp, who survives him. He is also
survived by two brothers and two sisters, Simon Grimjes of Merrill, Henry
Grimjes, Mayor of LeMars, Mrs. Chas. Danne and Mrs. W. J. Kress, of LeMars.

Funeral services were held from the Methodist Church at Merrill on Wednesday
afternoon.