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HAROLD (HAL) EMIL GRIMSTAD

Harold (Hal) Emil Grimstad

July 8, 1922 ~ July 13, 2010

Of Norwegian stock, Harold (Hal) Emil Grimstad was born July 8, 1922 in North Bend, Oregon to Edvard and Hansine Grimstad.  In 1938 Hal graduated from Roosevelt High School in Seattle and went to work for the Seattle Telephone Company.  Shortly thereafter he joined the U.S. Navy.  As a Chief Petty Officer he was trained in radar and electronics at Texas A & M.  He served in the Pacific, mostly in the Philippines from 1942-1945.

Most of his life, Hal lived in the Phoenix, Arizona area and worked

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