The Oregonian, 30 March 1939
(Portland, Oregon)

Chief's Loss Regretted
Sympathy was expressed by the city council Wednesday to Fire Chief Edward Grenfell and his family in the loss of his father, Edward Reed Grenfell at McMinnville, March 22, after a residence of 59 years in Yamhill county. The father was born in Penzance, Cornwall, England, in 1850, and came to America in 1869, and 62 years ago in Portland married Miss Anna Shank, a native of New Zealand, who also came to Oregon to make her home. Battalion Chief William A. Grenfell and Captain Ernest R. Grenfell of the Portland fire bureau also are sons, besides other children in other parts of the state.

Contributed by Bob Bolitho