OBITUARIES
Beth Anne Towne
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;...
Barbara L. Huff
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...
Mervin Earl Larimore
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...
Errol Lee Perdue
Aug 23, 2016
Errol Lee Perdue, the son of Robert and Hazel (Collins) Perdue, was born May 15, 1924. He died August 23, 2016 at the Griswold Care Center in Griswold, IA at the age of 92 years, 3 months, and 8 days.
Errol graduated from Griswold High School in 1942 and then enlisted in the United States Army. After being honorably...
Jason Woodly Anthony Grayson
Aug 21, 2016
Jason Woodly Anthony Grayson, the son of Robin Grayson and Marla Ann Watson, was born March 9, 1974 in San Pedro, CA. He died, August 21, 2016 at the age of 42 years, 5 months, and 12 days. Jason graduated from Banning High School in Wilmington, CA. He attended college at Johnson C. Smith University in Charlotte, North Carolina, before...
Joseph Duane Tye
Aug 15, 2016
Joseph Duane Tye, the son of Timothy Dean and Rhonda Sue (Rowe) Tye, was born September 25, 1985 in Atlantic, IA. He died August 15, 2016 at his home in Griswold, IA, at the age of 30 years, 10 months, and 20 days. Joe is preceded in death by his parents; his sister Veronica; and his grandparents, Sandy Thorton and...
Loretta Lee Montgomery
Aug 12, 2016
Loretta Lee Montgomery, daughter of William and Nellie (Silkett) Barnes was born April 22, 1931 in Griswold. She died Friday, August 12, 2016 at Windmill Manor in Coralville, Iowa, at the age of 85 years, 3 months, and 21 days. Loretta graduated from Griswold High School in 1949 and started working at a doctor's office and then at the Mercy...
Helen Hummel
Jul 31, 2016
Helen Hertha Hummel was born to Ernest Henry Boege and Hertha Amanda Knackstedt, on January 28, 1930, the youngest of six children.
Helen grew up on a farm outside of McClelland. She was baptized at Zion Congregational Church in Treynor and was confirmed in the same church. She attended country school until 8 th grade when she...
Edris Darlene Zimmerman Nielsen
Jul 26, 2016
Edris D. Nielsen, the daughter of John and Gertrude Reavis Simm was born February 11, 1926 in Galva, IA. She died July 26, 2016 in Council Bluffs,IA at the age of 90 years, 5 months, and 15 days. Edris graduated from Paulina High School in 1944. She then attended Jennie Edmundson School of Nursing, where she graduated as a Registered...
Daryl Dee "Jack" Slama
Jul 9, 2016
Daryl Dee "Jack" Slama, the son of Earl H. and Onah J. (Hair) Slama, was born November 6, 1930 at Sac City, IA. He died at his home near Griswold, IA July 9, 2016 at the age of 85 years, 8 months, and 3 days.
Jack attended school in Early, IA graduating from Early High school with...
Jay Harold Hoogeveen
Jul 3, 2016
Jay Harold Hoogeveen, the son of Harry and Rhoda (Jongerius) Hoogeveen, was born January 18, 1932 at Lester, IA. Jay died Sunday, July 3, 2016 at his home in Griswold, IA at the age of 84 years, 5 months, and 15 days.
Jay attended school at Lester, graduating from Lester High School with...
Michael Douglas Noll
Jun 29, 2016
Michael Douglas Noll, the son of Douglas and Janet (Shultz) Noll, was born December 29, 1961 in Sacramento, CA. He died June 29, 2016 at Griswold, IA at the age of 54 years and 6 months.
Michael moved to Omaha, NE at 2 weeks old with his mother. At 8 years old, he moved to Griswold with...
Marvin Basil Christensen
Jun 15, 2016
Marvin Basil Christensen, the son of Joseph and Florence (Todd) Christensen, was born July 7, 1928 in Woonsocket, SD. He died June 15, 2016 at the Oakland Manor Nursing Home in Oakland, IA at the age of 86 years, 11 months, and 8 days. Marvin graduated from high school in Bemidji, MN in 1947. He moved to Oakland, IA in...
Lowell Gerald Schaaf
Jun 11, 2016
Lowell Gerald Schaaf, the son of Louis and Helen (Snyder) Schaaf, was born November 14, 1931 at Griswold, IA. He died June 11, 2016 at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, IA at the age of 84 years, 7 months, and 7 days.
Lowell was baptized and confirmed at the Central Church of Christ in Griswold....
Betty J. Raygor Gutheil
Jun 6, 2016
Betty J. Raygor Gutheil
Betty Jane Raygor Gutheil, the daughter of Kermit and Nadene (Larsen) Lee, was born September 25, 1939 in Griswold, Iowa. Betty died June 7, 2016 at her home in Panama City Beach, Florida at the age of 76 years, 8 months, and 11 days.
Betty...
Marjorie Marie Bentley
Jun 6, 2016
Marjorie Marie Bentley, age 93 years, 4 months, and 6 days died June 6, 2016 at the Mercy Hospital in Council Bluffs, IA. She was born January 31, 1923 to David "Earl" and Sybil (Turner) Chaney and raised on her dad's family farm west of Oakland, IA. She attended Country School for 8 years, graduating from Oakland High School in...
Lela Joanne Carlson
Jun 1, 2016
Lela Joanne Carlson, the daughter of Basil and Jenelia (Bishop) Copenhaver, was born September 2, 1959. She died June 1, 2016 in Omaha, NE and the age of 56 years, 8 months, and 30 days. Lela graduated from Griswold High School with the class of 1977. She attended college for several years and graduated as a dental assistant. She worked...
Eva Evelyn Parrott
May 21, 2016
Eva Evelyn Johnson Parrott was born September 30, 1918 to Oscar Chelmar Johnson and Lara Belle Leazenby Johnson in Kanorado, Kansas and died May 21, 2016 in Brighton, Colorado. Eva married Virgil LeRoy Parrott on January 6, 1938 in Griswold, Iowa where they farmed until LeRoy's death in 1989. She is survived by her son, Dennis Parrott and wife, Barbara,...
Nawana Loree Luxford
May 15, 2016
Nawana Loree Luxford of Council Bluffs, died May 15, 2016 at the age of 92 years, 8 months 11 days. The daughter of Leslie and Carrie Mae (Miller) Killion was born September 4, 1923. She graduated from Oakland High School in 1940, and received her RN dregree om 1953 from Jennie Edmundson School of Nursing. She and Bryce Luxford were...
Rita Rae Henningsen
May 13, 2016
Rita Rae Henningsen, the daughter of Wilbert John and Alberta Cecelia (Kohlscheen) Breckerbaumer, was born September 1, 1941 in Atlantic, IA. She died May 13, 2016 at Clarkson Hospital in Omaha, NE at the age of 74 years, 8 months, and 12 days. Rita attended school at Lewis, graduating from Lewis High School with the class of 1959. On June...
