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James Victor Grinnen

WEEMS, VA — James Victor Grinnen, 76, died unexpectedly on Saturday, July 17, 2021, of natural causes.

He was born on Feb. 4, 1945, in Towanda, N.Y., the son of Charles A. Grinnen and Helen (Shirey) Grinnen.

Jim graduated from Warren Area High School class of 1963. Following graduation, he served in the U.S/ Army from 1967-73. While in the service, he married his high school sweetheart, Marilyn Daniel-son, and they settled down in Warren, Pa., until 2004 when they moved to Virginia. They celebrated 53 years of marriage this past April.

Jim worked for the Warren County School District as the purchasing agent for 25 years before becoming an ordained Nazarene minister, where he worshipped at the Warren Church of the Nazarene before moving to Lancaster, Va., and was a care pastor at Whitestone Church of the Nazarene since 2004.

In addition to his parents, Jim was predeceased in death by his sister, Carolee Heckathorn; brother, Charles A. Grinnen; and nephew, Chuck Grinnen.

Surviving in addition to his wife, Marilyn, is his son, Bradley B. Grinnen; daughter, Melissa F. (Grinnen) ODonnell and her husband, John ODonnell; beloved granddaughters: Lillian Dai Grinnen and Della Rose Grinnen; his sis-ter, Jacquelyn (Grinnen) Wallin and her husband, Gary Wallin. Jim had numerous nieces and nephews he loved very much including Rhonda Heckathorn, Rick Hecka- thorn, Tracey Helmsley, Scott Grinnen, Jim Grinnen, Lindsay Wallin, Matt Wallin, Melinda (Ristau) Young, Barb (Danielson) Derr, Rodger Danielson, Rodney Danielson and Kevin Danielson. He had great-nieces, nephews, many cousins and more friends than anyone can count.

Jim’s passion in life, be-sides his family and friends, was his love for Jesus and reaching as many people as he could for the Lord. He was the king of corny jokes and his brain was a card catalogue of jokes for every occasion.

In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made to the “WSCON” benevolence fund.

Jim’s celebration of life will be Thursday, July 22, at 2 p.m., at Whitestone Church of the Nazarene, 57 Whisk Drive, White Stone, VA 22578

All are welcome!