Mr. George Grim, 81, of 9111 Sharrott Rd., died Thurs., Mar. 26 at the St. Elizabeth Health Center.
      Mr. Grim organized the Boardman Township Memorial Day parade for the past 12 years.
      He was a founding member of the Friends of Scouting Breakfast Committee that is entering its 10th year and has raised more than $150,000 for boy scout activities.
      Mr. Grim was a 50-year member of the Boardman Kiwanis Club, serving as its president in 2002, and also served Kiwanis as a Lt. Governor for District #21, from 2006-07. Mr. Grim was also instrumental for the last two decades in organizing the annual Easter Egg hunt for all elementary school children in the Boardman Local Schools that is held at Boardman Park. For his efforts as a Kiwanian, he was elected to the Ohio Kiwanis Hall of Fame.
      Known as a kind and gentle man, Mr. Grim was honored as the Citizen of the Year in 2010 by the Boardman Civic Association.
      He served as a member of the board of directors for the Boardman Community Foundation.
      Mr. Grim was active in boys scouts, where he earned Eagle Scout honors with a Silver Beaver Award, and the Bronze Pelican Religious Award. He also served on the advancement committee and commission for the Whispering Pines District BSA.
      He had been a Junior Canfield Fair Advisor since 1999, and also served as a committee member for the Canfield Fair.
      He was a U.S. Navy veteran with service aboard the USS Comstock.
      Mr. Grim was a member of St. Charles Church in Boardman where he served as a lector and usher; and was also a member of Holy Family Catholic Church in Beech Bottom, West Va.
      He was a graduate of West Liberty State College and was employed as a consulting systems engineer with IBM.
      Mr. Grim was born Nov. 29, 1932, in Greene County, Pa., the son of George and Fern (Barnhart) Grim.
      He leaves two sons, John L. (Teresa) Grim of Smyrna, Ga., and James E. Grim of University Heights, Oh., two grandsons, Alexander James and Julian Nathaniel Grim, and sister, Martha Augustine of Beech Bottom, West Va.
      Mr. Grim was buried at Kadesh Chapel Cemetery in Beech Bottom with military honors by the United States Navy and the Ohio Valley Veterans Memorial Squad. Boardman Kiwanians held a special memorial service last Saturday at Lane Funeral Home.
      In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Boy Scouts Greater Western Reserve Council, 4930 Enterprise Blvd., Warren, Oh., 44481.