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From The Daily Republic
Former Fairfield resident Timothy Franklin Grindle, 56, of La Quinta, died February 7, 2007.
He was born to Russell Grindle and Mary K. Grindle on February 9, 1950, in Belfast, Maine. Tim graduated from Fairfield High School in 1968 before serving in the U.S. Navy from 1969-1972. He was a Vietnam veteran.
After service to his country, Tim worked for the Solano County Roads Department while earning a degree in Business Administration from Sacramento State University. He then began a law enforcement career with the Solano County Sheriff's Department (1980-1991), retiring as an investigator with the Riverside County Sheriff's Department (1991-2004). Tim was working as a real estate agent for Prudential California Realty in La Quinta at the time of his unexpected death.
Tim is survived by his loving children, Laneia Grindle-Greer and husband Jeff Greer of Fairfield, Jeff and wife Vicky Grindle of Surprise, Arizona, and Ashley Grindle of Sacramento; brother Russell Grindle of Fairfield; sisters Nora Anderson of Fairfield and Claudia Montee of New Plymouth, Idaho; mother Mary K. Grindle of Fairfield; and his precious granddaughter Keilani Greer. He will be deeply missed by a much loved extended family and his special friends and dance partners. Tim was preceded in death by his father, Russell Grindle and his brother, Victor Grindle.
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George Geoffrey Behrens (1970)
Tim....you know what is ironic we lived in the same place in 2004. I had been a resident of Palm Springs since 1999, and had no idea you were in the neighborhood. I only wish we could have been friends man. I remember you so well and you were always a very decent guy. I wish you well on your journey buddy, and I know the journey is all of our destinys sooner or later. I have been blessed to have been given so much time Tim. I was diagnosed with a lethal condition in 1987 and given a year to live. I accepted my fate and when it didn't happen, I think I probably developed a form of adjustment disorder. As time went by, more and more treatments appeared. Here I am today, 22 years later, alive and (maybe not so) well. I am, however, very much present and very blessed to be alive. You were always a good guy and I know many people will miss you. I, for one, will join that list. Take care buddy.George Geoffrey Behrens