Married on
Rita Louise Maurer and Melvin Gries
  •    Rita Louise Maurer (b. 1929 St. Louis, Mo.; d. 2006 St. Louis, Mo.),  who married Melvin Gries.
    They had six children:

1. Charlotte Gries (married Dennis Lammlein, and then Frank Zielger) she has
four children:
-Dawn Lammlein,
-Scott Lammlein,
-Craig Lammlein,
-Steven Lammlein;

2. Rita Gries (married Don Abeln, and then ? Fosse) she has two children:
-Tracey Abeln
-Eric Abeln;

3.  Larry Gries (married Toni ?) they have two children:
-Sarah Gries
-Christine Gries;

4. John E. "Jack" Gries (married Colleen) her children from a previous marriage
are Charlene and Christopher;

5. Mary Jean Gries (married Don Mascare) they have two children:
-Melissa Mascare
-Madison Mascare;

6. Paul Gries (married Christine) they have one child:
-Taylor Gries.  
Gries
1.        South German: topographic name for
someone who lived in a sandy place, from
Middle High German griez ‘sand’.
2.        Perhaps a reduced form of German Griese
Griese
North German: nickname for a gray-haired man,
from Middle Low German gris ‘gray’.