- Date Of Death: February 14, 2005
- State: New York
Ernest F. Gratton , 79
North Greenbush Ernest F. Gratton , 79 ,of Winter Street Extension, died Monday, February 14, 2005 at his residence after a brief illness.
Born in Troy, he was the son of the late Ernest Gratton and Ida (Mosseau) Gratton and husband of Aurora Ammang Gratton.
He had resided in Maine, the Philippines, Plattsburg, Guam and since 1987 in North Greenbush.
Mr. Gratton was a career veteran, as Staff Sergeant in the Air Force during World War II, Korea and Vietnam retiring in 1968.
He was an active member of the Disabled American Veteran’s where he was a fund raiser for the organization and was a communicant of St. Joseph’s Church in Troy.
Survivors in addition to his wife include a son, Edward A. Gratton (Danette) of Troy; a sister, Ida Myers of Indian Harbor Beach, FL; three grandchildren, Ryan, Devon and Taylor Gratton and several nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by three sisters, Hulda Miner, Dorothy Gratton and Barbara McCann and three brothers Harold, Edward and Donald Gratton.
