A memorial service for Gary Ward Grimshaw, 68, of Bath, NY, and formerly of Gouverneur, will be held in the spring at Fagan’s Funeral Home, Bath.
Mr. Grimshaw died on Friday, January 20, 2012, at his home. 
Born May 5, 1943, in Buffalo, he was the son of Ward and Dorothy (Jones) Grimshaw. 
Gary was a 1961 graduate of Gouverneur High School and lettered in wrestling all four years. He graduated from Paul Smith’s College in 1963.  He was an Eagle Scout and an avid hunter and outdoorsman. 
Mr. Grimshaw was a US Navy Seabees veteran having served two tours in Vietnam from 1966-1968. 
Gary retired from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation as a land surveyor.
He was a member of the Charles E. Wescott American Legion Post 173; and a life member of the V.F.W. Post 1470.  He was a loving husband, father and a great friend.
He is survived by his wife Nancy Stratton, of Bath; two sons, Mark (Sherri) Grimshaw, of Davidson, North Carolina, and Paul (Catherine) Grimshaw, of Mt. Holly, North Carolina; a grandson Garrett P. Grimshaw; a sister, Judy (Frank) Correnty, of Beacon Falls, Connecticut, a niece, Karen Rourke, of Norwalk, Connecticut; a nephew, Scott Rourke, of Evergreen, Colorado; and cousins Marjorie Jones Babcock, of Bernhards Bay, and Patricia (Merritt) Young , of Hammond.
Memorial donations in Gary’s name may be made to the Southern Tier Hospice and Palliative Care, 11751 East Corning Road, Corning, NY 14830 and the Finger Lakes S.P.C.A., 7315 Rte 54, Bath, N Y 14810 or donate blood in Gary’s memory.