Local obituaries for Rieken Funeral Home

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

May 12, 2016

Joseph Carlton Ihde, the son of Carlton and Margaret (Lyon) Ihde, was born on January 19, 1955 in Chicago, Illinois. He died on May 12, 2016 at Bergan Mercy in Omaha, Nebraska at the age of 61 years, 3 months and 23 days. Joseph lived in a suburb of Chicago until eight years of age, he then moved to Le...

Apr 13, 2016

Robert James Needham, the son of Wendell Ward and Pauline June (Felton) Needham, was born October 15, 1958 in Council Bluffs, IA. He died April 13, 2016 at Specialty Care in Omaha, NE at the age of 57 years, 5 months, and 29 days. Robert lived on his great grandfather's farm northwest of Neola, IA before moving with his family...

Mar 31, 2016

Cornelia Christine Williams was born November 7, 1922 in Bristow, OK. She died March 31, 2016 at the Jennie Edmundson Hospital in Council Bluffs, IA at the age of 93 years, 4 months, and 24 days.

Christine was one of eight children; having six sisters and one brother. She attended country school through the 12 th grade,...

Mar 29, 2016

Joyce Anne Bates, the daughter of Thomas Earl and Maude (Dungan) Keast, was born August 12, 1935 in Macedonia, IA.  She died March 29, 2016 at her home in Carson, IA at the age of 80 years, 7 months, and 17 days.

Joyce attended school at Macedonia, graduating from Macedonia High School with the class of 1953. ...

Mar 28, 2016

Helen Sue (Henry) Williams was born November 21, 1929 in a log cabin in Center Township, east of Oakland, Iowa to John C and Velma Grace (Miller) Henry. After her graduation from Oakland High School in 1947, she taught country school for several years. She was united in marriage to her high school sweetheart, Roy E Williams, on August...

Mar 27, 2016

Cletis Carolyn Ireland, 93, died on Easter Sunday, 2016 in Griswold, Iowa. She was born on September 23, 1923 to Frederick and Rachel Ireland. Cletis spent much of her childhood traveling in a service wagon with her family as her father worked with a paving company. The Ireland's then settled in Griswold, where they began working on the family farm....

Mar 26, 2016

Wayne Marlin Matthes, the son of Wayne P. and Charlotte E. (Anderson) Matthes was born January 17, 1944 in Estherville, IA. He died at his home in Griswold, IA on March 26, 2016 at the age of 72 years, 2 months, and 9 days. Wayne moved to Clinton, MO with his family, where his dad began working as a dairy...

Mar 13, 2016

Karen Ann Fritz, the daughter of Dale Erwin and Anna Elizabeth (Gallagher) Carlson, was born March 13, 1956 in Sioux Falls, SD. She died March 13, 2016 at her home in Oakland, IA at the age of 60 years.

Karen attended school in Sioux Falls, graduating from Washington High School. After graduating, Karen moved to Oakland to...

Mar 12, 2016

Linda Marie Johnson, the daughter of Jack D. and Donetta (Ketchum) Allen, was born February 11, 1948 in Council Bluffs, IA. She died March 12, 2016 at the Mercy Hospital in Council Bluffs, IA at the age of 68 years, 1 month and 1 day. Linda grew up on the family farm north of Carson and graduated from Carson-Macedonia High...

Mar 8, 2016

William "Bill" Bernard Casey, the son of James Patrick and Lula Irene (Curry) Casey, was born January 8, 1914 on the family farm south of Griswold, IA. He died March 8, 2016 at the Horn Memorial Hospital in Ida Grove, IA at the age of 102 years and 2 months. Bill attended Harrison Country School #7 until the eighth grade....