Edward S. Grymkoski-Personal Page

Edward S. Grymkoski
WT2c
USS Salt Lake City CA25

USS SLC..."Enlisted Navy"...Edward S. Grymkoski, WT2c

Aug. 18th, 2001

Hi Sandy,

I found your web site by pure chance; I typed in "Grymkoski" on a search engine and it showed up.

Edward S. Grymkoski was my father. I am his son Peter. I am 48 yrs. "old". The web site and pictures of my father in the Navy really touched me very deeply. You are doing a wonderful thing with all of this and I too am sorry that my father is not around to see it. My mother, his wife, Virginia Kale has also passed on.

He talked a little about the war, but I know very little. In fact I have gotten more off of your web site than he ever shared. Maybe he did when I was young, but sometimes our attention span is not what it should be. The main thing I remember him saying to me in later years was,

"The worst part about being in the war, was not knowing when or if it would ever end. It wore on you day after day."

Would love to hear from you.

Best regards,

Peter S. Grymkoski

SLC Deck Logs, Oct., 1943
#33 in "B" Division, 1945
Picture from

Harold Pepperman

Edward S. Grymkoski passed away peacefully on Friday, March 12, 1999 at the age of 84, at Lovelace Medical Center in Albuquerque after complications from cancer.

Edward was born and raised in Waukegan, Illinois. He served in the US Navy during World War II aboard the USS Salt Lake City in the Pacific.

On February 22, 1947, Edward and Virginia were married. He was a resident of New Mexico since October 1950 and a resident of Albuquerque since October 1954. Ed was a tool and die maker at Los Alamos National Laboratory and Sandia National Laboratory prior to operating his own machine shop business, Superior Machine Specialties in Albuquerque.

We are thankful for a healthy and long life for such a hard working man, who grew up in the Depression, knew the value of the dollar throughout his life, and took deep pride in everything he did. He will also be remembered for being light on his feet on the ballroom dance floor, where he spent many a Friday and Saturday nights dancing the night away till the last dance.

All his great friends and family will miss him and we are thankful for their support in the past few months. Edward's brothers, Ernest and Leonard from Waukegan, IL; sister, Florence Heineman of Scottsdale, AZ; his son, Lee F. of Albuquerque and son, Peter S.; two grandchildren, Jonathan Grymkoski and Nicole Grymkoski survive Edward.

Interment of remains will take place at the National Cemetery in Santa Fe, NM with a short memorial service on Friday, March 19 at 3:00 p.m.

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