Local obituaries for Rieken Funeral Home

Dec 23, 2016

Joseph Feigenbutz, the son of Anton and Marie Elizabeth (Strauss) Feigenbutz, was born December 20, 1922 on a farm near Oakland, IA. He died December 23, 2016 at the Montgomery County Memorial Hospital in Red Oak, IA at the age of 94 years and 3 days. Joseph graduated from Minden High School in Minden, IA in 1941. After graduating, he...

Dec 12, 2016

Sharon Kay Oles, the daughter of Leon and Dorothy (DeWitt) Putnam, was born August 10, 1942 in Griswold, IA. She died December 12, 2016 at the Griswold Care Center in Griswold, Iowa at the age of 74 years, 4 months, and 2 days. Sharon attended school in Elliott, graduating from Elliott High School in 1960. After graduating, she worked at...

Dec 4, 2016

Darrell Ross Adams, the son of Ross and Beatrice (Hines) Adams, was born in Montgomery County, near Elliott, IA, on February 22, 1938. He died December 4, 2016 at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, IA at the age of 78 years, 9 months, and 10 days. Darrell attended country school until the eighth grade. He attended Griswold High...

Nov 27, 2016

Gerald "George" Leroy Schueman, was born on January 20, 1931, to Rudolph and Grace (Garrison) Schueman, in Avoca, Iowa. He died, on November 27, 2016, at his home in Omaha, Nebraska, at the age of 85 years, 10 months and 7 days. George attended school in Avoca and started driving a truck at a young age. He was united in...

Nov 21, 2016

Opal M. Palmer, the daughter of Lloyd Rufus and Maude Emma (Higgins) Putnam, was born on a farm east of Oakland, IA on February 2, 1915. She died November 21, 2016 at the Oakland Manor Nursing Home in Oakland, IA at the age of 101 years, 9 months, and 19 days. Opal attended school in the Oakland area until the...

Nov 11, 2016

Phyllis Laber, born in 1921, the granddaughter of Scottish immigrants, (family: Lees, Clan: Macpherson) was the youngest daughter of Flossie and Joseph Lees. Her twin sister, Alice, who maintained a presence throughout mom's life, died at birth. She had two brothers, John and Gordon and a sister Esther who preceded her to heaven. She married her late husband Victor Laber...

Nov 10, 2016

Marta Lynn Fender Key, the daughter of Stanley Wendall and Wanda Mabyn (Core) Fender, was born October 13, 1956 in Council Bluffs, IA. She died November 10, 2016 at Mercy Hospital in Council Bluffs, IA at the age of 60 years and 28 days. Marta attended school in Oakland, graduating from Oakland High School with the class of 1974. She...

Nov 8, 2016

Ilene Smith was born in Griswold, Iowa to Donald and Gwendoline Wright on May 24, 1930. She died November 8, 2016 in Omaha, Nebraska at the age of 86 years, 5 months and 15 days. Ilene attended school in Oakland, Iowa, graduating with the class of 1948. She was united into marriage on February, 15, 1959 to Orville Smith at...

Oct 9, 2016

Robyn Lynn Hoye, the daughter of Wallace John Arnold and Kay Marie (Adams) Hoye, was born November 29, 1962 in Council Bluffs, IA. Robyn died, October 9, 2016 at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, IA at the age of 53 years, 10 months, and 10 days. Robyn attended school in Grant and then Elliott, before graduating from Griswold...

Oct 3, 2016

Marilyne Kay Steinbeck, the daughter of Chester Dale and Florence Emily (Dean) Towne was born March 6, 1941 in Red Oak, Iowa and died October 3, 2016 at the Heritage House in Atlantic, Iowa at the age of 75 years, 6 months, and 27 days. Marilyne attended rural school through the seventh grade near Griswold and then attended Griswold High...

Sep 13, 2016

Beth Anne Towne, daughter of Orlo and Cheryl (Reynolds) Towne born June 4, 1980 in Atlantic, died at her home on September 13, 2016 at the age of 36 years, 3 months and 9 days. Beth Anne is preceded in death by her grandparents, Ed and Frances Reynolds and Dale and Florence Towne. Beth Anne is survived by her parents;...

Sep 3, 2016

Barbara Lea Huff, the daughter of Arthur and Wilma (Schaaf) Olesen, was born August 11, 1925 in Avoca, IA and died September 3, 2016 at the Methodist Hospital in Omaha, NE at the age of 91 years and 23 days.

Barbara attended school in Avoca and Oakland, graduating from the Oakland High School with the class of...

Aug 25, 2016

Mervin Earl Larimore the son of John and Leta (Bair) Larimore was born in Platte County near Monroe, Nebraska on July 20, 1929. The family moved back to Iowa in 1941. He graduated from Oakland High School in 1948. He attended Iowa Western Community College and received an aircraft A&P license. He was also a licensed small aircraft...