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| | Obituary: Wilford James Grant / World War II paratrooper, popular community volunteer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14) |
 | | Grant also fought in the Battle of the Bulge, in which he was wounded by shrapnel from German shelling in December 1944. |
 | | Grant's various volunteer activities covered firefighting, the Boy Scouts, the Animal Friends shelter in the Strip District, the Crafton Park playground construction and the annual riverbank cleanup along the Ohio River and its tributaries. |
 | | Grant is also survived by his wife, Rose of Ingram; two daughters, Robin Galper of Rostraver and Cherie Skiba of Crafton; two sisters, Dorothy Lisz of Romney, W.Va., and Darlene Gernert of Rostraver; a brother, Bruce Grant of Hershey; and six grandchildren. |
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