Local obituaries for Rieken Funeral Home

Dec 1, 2018

With great sadness we announce that our mother, LaDeane Osler Casey, age 92, passed away peacefully on Saturday, December 1, 2018, after a brief and courageous battle with cancer. Mom was born in Griswold, IA, on May 27, 1926, to Lon and Delia Osler.

LaDeane married her childhood sweetheart, Donald J. Casey, D.V.M.,...

Nov 18, 2018

Mona Irene Schuster, the daughter of Walter and Etta (Taylor) Carse, was born on February 26, 1933, at home in Carson, Iowa. She died at the Risen Son Christian Village, on November 18, 2018, at the age of 85 years, 8 months and 23 days. Mona graduated with the class of 1950 from Hancock High School. After graduation, she moved...

Oct 14, 2018

Erma Leone Cleaveland, the daughter of Ocie and Goldie (Brundidge) Rollins, was born in rural Oakland, IA, on May 12, 1918. She died October 14, 2018, at the Oakland Manor Nursing Home in Oakland, IA, at the age of 100 years 5 months, and 2 days. Erma attended country school until the eighth grade. After the death of her mother,...

Oct 13, 2018

Robert Eugene Black, was born in Red Oak, Iowa, on April 3, 1959. He died on October 13, 2018, at the Maple Crest Health Center in Omaha, Nebraska, at the age of 59 years.

Robert graduated from Treynor High School. Upon graduation he worked at CB Nissan for four years. He then began working as an over...

Sep 28, 2018

Randal "Randy" Kent Ireland, the son of Dale and Marjorie Arlene (Thornton) Ireland, was born August 29, 1956 in Red Oak, IA. He died at his home in Lewis, IA, on September 28, 2018, at the age of 62 years and 30 days. Randy attended school at Griswold, graduating with the class of 1974. After graduating he lived in Red...

Sep 21, 2018

Larry Allen Mundorf, the son of Ogden Sherwood and Ella Malinda (Petersen) Mundorf, was born July 31, 1943, west of Griswold on the family farm in Pottawattamie county, Iowa.  He died September 21, 2018, at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, NE, at the age of 75 years, 1 months, and 21 days.

Larry attended...

Sep 13, 2018

Helen Charlotte Lary, the daughter of Claude and Ruth (Collins) Purdue, was born January 25, 1920 in Cass County, IA. She died September 13, 2018, at the Heritage House in Atlantic, IA, at the age of 98 years, 7 months, and 19 days. Helen attended school in Griswold. While in school, she played in the school band that won the...

Sep 12, 2018

Harold Otis Brunk, the son of Otis and Ellen (Bergstrom) Brunk, was born July 29, 1933 west of Griswold, IA. He died September 12, 2018, at the Jennie Edmundson Hospital in Council Bluffs, IA, at the age of 85 years, 1 month, and 14 days. Harold graduated from Griswold High School with the class of 1951. After graduation he worked...

Sep 8, 2018

Robert Earl Hainline, the son of Loyal and Margaret Mae (Johann) Hainline, was born November 8, 1936, in Creston, IA. He died September 8, 2018, at the Good Samaritan Center in Red Oak, IA, at the age of 81 years and 10 months. Bob attended school in Thayer, IA. He enlisted in Army and served two years. After being honorably...

Sep 6, 2018

De Anne Schaaf, the daughter of Richard Kent and Linda Jean (Dunn) Mertz, was born May 10, 1968 in Omaha, NE. She died September 6, 2018 at University Hospital in Omaha, NE, at the age of 50 years, 3 month, and 27 days. De grew up in Logan and then moved to Red Oak before the eighth grade. She graduated...

Sep 2, 2018

Franz Peter Kardell, the son of Frank and Martha (Pingle) Kardell, was born November 4, 1925 at home near Shelby, IA. He died September 2, 2018, at the Missouri Valley Hospital in Missouri Valley, IA, at the age of 92 years, 9 months, and 22 days.

Franz graduated from Walnut High School with the class of 1944....

Aug 25, 2018

Wilma Marie Leaders, the daughter of Fred and Clara Edna (Heiman) Fritz was born on September 18, 1921 on her parents family farm west of Oakland, and passed away at Jennie Edmundson Hospital on August 25, 2018 at the age of 96 years, 11 months and 7 days. Wilma was a life long member of the St. Paul Lutheran Church...

Aug 21, 2018

Charles "Ray" Raymond Gary, the son of Clyde and Blennie "Cleo" (Smith) Gary, died on August 21, 2018, at the Good Samaritan Society in Red Oak, Iowa, at the age of 77 years, 6 months and 18 days. He was born in Forum, Arkansas, on February 03, 1941.

Ray graduated from Griswold High School with the class...

Aug 19, 2018

Kimberly Gayle Erickson, daughter of Gary and Rita (Anderson) Brown, died on Sunday, August 19, 2018 at the Cass County Memorial Hospital at the age of 54 years, 1 month and 2 days. She was born on July 17, 1964 in Atlantic, Iowa. Kim attended High School in Atlantic and graduated with the Class on 1982. She then began working...

Aug 17, 2018

James Craig Johnson, age 46, died unexpectedly in his Kansas City, MO home on Friday August 17 th , 2018. He was the son of Patricia (Cooney) and Dennis Johnson, born at Des Moines General Hospital in Des Moines, Iowa on June 7th, 1972. He graduated from Griswold High School in 1990. He then went onto the United States Navy...

Aug 13, 2018

Rocky Thayne Crowder, the son of Robert "Bob" and Mary (Sinderson) Crowder, was born in Council Bluffs, Iowa on October 18, 1953. He died August 13, 2018 at his home in Oakland, Iowa at the age of 64 years, 9 months and 26 days.

Rocky graduated from Oakland High School with the class of 1971. He then...

Jul 14, 2018

Carl "Ralph" Crouse, 88, of Mesa, Arizona passed away on July 14, 2018 in the presence of his loving family. He was born on March 10, 1930 in Hastings, Iowa. Ralph is preceded in death by his wife Betty Crouse, his parents Aaron Henry Crouse and Eunice Roberts Crouse and his sister Lorraine Morelock. He is survived by his...

Jul 6, 2018

Cheryl Lynn Zimmerman, the daughter of Bernard Lee and Eleanor Lucy (Weirich) High, was born April 15, 1959, in Creston, IA. She died July 6, 2018, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, IA, at the age of 59 years, 2 months, and 21 days. Cheryl graduated from Griswold High School with the class of 1977. On March 18,...

Jun 27, 2018

Dorothy Lucille (Eden) King passed from this life on June 27, 2018, on a beautiful summer day that in the past you would have seen her working in her garden, cranking out ice cream for a picnic or having a spirited game of cards with her friends at the "Center".

She was born on the family farm...

Jun 23, 2018

Cari Mae Voyles, 55, of Griswold, Iowa, formerly of Council Bluffs, Iowa, was born November 11, 1962, in Council Bluffs and passed away peacefully at her home in rural Griswold on June 23, 2018, at the age of 55 years, 7 months, and 22 days.

She is survived by her significant other: Randy George of Griswold; their...