In Memory

Frederick "Chip" E. Grindle - Class Of 1972 VIEW PROFILE

Fred Grindle died of injuries after a two-bicycle accident on Feb 10, 1968. He was an 8th grader at El Roble Junior High School. He is interred at Oak Park Cemetery. Technically, he never made it to Claremont High School, but he would have been a member of the Class of 1972 had he lived.


Oak Park Cemetery - Claremont, CA


Fred (right) in a poignant photograph from the El Roble Junior High School yearbook (1968). He died shortly afterward.   ~ Charles M. McPartland, CHS '72

 



 

Frederick "Fred" E. Grindle died of injuries after a two-bicycle accident February 10, 1968. He was an 8th grader at El Roble Junior High School. He is interred at Oak Park Cemetery. Technically, he never made it to Claremont High School, but he would have been a member of the Class of 1972 had he lived.

On February 10, 1968, David, while riding a bicycle adjacent to the Anderson house, collided with a bicycle being operated by Frederick Grindle, which resulted in fatal injuries to Frederick

Arrangements had been made for David Myers, age 13, son of Mr. and Mrs. Myers, plaintiff's insureds, to spend the February 9 to February 12, 1968 weekend with the Andersons, Hartford's insureds, as their guest. On February 10, 1968, David, while riding a bicycle adjacent to the Anderson house, collided with a bicycle being operated by Frederick Grindle, which resulted in fatal injuries to Frederick. Plaintiff Vanguard, the Myers insurance carrier, subsequently settled the claim for damages filed by Frederick's parents on the basis that David was an "insured" under the Myers "homeowners" policy. By this action it seeks to recover from defendant Hartford, Anderson's insurer



 





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