John was born in Detroit Mich. January 19 1953. He died at his home in Farmington Hills, June 18, 2014. He graduated from Franklin High School in 1971 and attended Eastern Michigan University. He worked at Wayne county water department for many tears and also served in the army. He was very proud to be a Saginaw Chippewa Tribal member. John enjoyed baseball but his favorite hobby was fishing. He was an avid reader and always had a big collection of books.
He is survived by his two sons, John M. (Jenny), Alex Grills, sisters, Deborah Grills, Lorraine (Frank) Dumas, brother Gary Grills, mother Evelyn Grills, and grandchildren, Jack, Austin and Ella-Kate, many nieces and nephews an d cousins. John is at peace and happy with the Creator.