Walter P. Grimm, 98, of Winfield Township, formerly of Tarentum, died at 10:25 a.m. Thursday at the Concordia Lutheran Ministries, Winfield Township. He lived at the Concordia apartments since 1996.

Born Dec. 30, 1907, in Freeport, he was a son of Oliver W. and Anna A. Petsinger Grimm.

He retired in 1968 as a carpenter shop foreman for No. 9 department at Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corp., Brackenridge, after 40 years.

Mr. Grimm was a member of the Trinity United Methodist Church in Brackenridge and an associate member of the Cabot United Methodist Church, Winfield Township.

He was a volunteer for Meals on Wheels of Harrison Township and enjoyed fishing.

Surviving are two daughters, Jane Jordan, and her husband, Jay, and Ruth Ann Hanzlik (James), both of Harrison Township; a stepson, Jay Jordan of Harrison Township; seven grandchildren, Kimberly Bouch (Raymond), Sharon Kaluzny, Lisa VanTine (David), Robert Hanzlik, Donald Hanzlik (Delores), Walter Hanzlik (Heather) and Kenneth Hanzlik (Dana); and six great-grandchildren, Raymond Bouch, Bernadette Danish and Jennifer, Jacob Joshua and Julia Hanzlik.

He also is survived by a sister, Helen Beers of Harrison Township, and a brother, Ralph Grimm, of Marietta, Ohio.

He was preceded in death by his first wife, Fern Hepler Grimm, who died in July 1981; his second wife, Elizabeth J. James Jordan Grimm, who died in 2001; six sisters, Florence and Carolyn Fleming, Marion Grimm, Laura Bicker and Mildred and Frieda Grimm; and three brothers, Harold, Henry and George Grimm.

<B>GRIMM </B>— Friends of Walter P. Grimm, who died Thursday, Oct. 19, 2006, will be received from 2 to 6 p.m. Tuesday, at the <B>KRYNICKI FUNERAL HOME</B>, 1007 Freeport Road, Natrona Heights. Services will follow at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home with the Rev. Alyce Weaver-Dunn, pastor of the Trinity United Methodist Church, officiating. Burial will be at the Mount Airy Cemetery, Harrison Township.Memorial contributions may be made to Concordia Lutheran Ministries, 615 N. Pike Road, Cabot, PA 16023.