Douglas "Donald" Allen Grimes took his own life on Tuesday, September 24th, 2019. He was born on July 27th, 1963 in Detroit, Michigan to Sharon Ernst and Bill Meininger, and then adopted by James and Gail (Wert) Grimes. He grew up in Sandusky, Michigan, where he graduated from high school, and worked at the Yale Rubber plant, where his father was a manager. At the age of 19, he moved to Plantation, FL where he worked as a meter reader for Florida Power and Light. He was always technically minded, becoming interested in and using citizen-band radios at a young age. This interest in technology led to him providing for himself and his family by repairing printers, copiers, and computers for most of his life. He was motivated and inventive, never seeming to have problems making a living (even if it meant doing so outside of the law). Outside of his "career", he was an incredible teacher, with his preferred method being to teach by counter-example. He was generally very kind, and would often drop everything to help someone close to him who was in need, even going out of his way to help strangers and acquaintances that he felt were good-natured, or down on their luck. Among his immediate family, neighbors, and his children's friends, he was known as a quirky jokester who would always have a piece of earnest, but usually inappropriate life-advice, as well as a seemingly never ending supply of self-aggrandizing yet ridiculous stories that no one could determine whether were based in fact or fiction. While Douglas was by no means a perfect man, he was also the father of two children: Michael Allen and Kaytelyn Marie; who, while relieved he is no longer suffering, will always miss his strong hugs and goofy jokes. He is survived by his two children Mike & Kaytelyn, his sister Cynthia, and his birth mother Sharon.