Local obituaries for Rieken Funeral Home

Oct 1, 2015

Kenneth Darwin Putnam, the son of Lloyd and Maude (Higgins) Putnam, was born January 3, 1923 in Oakland, IA and died October 1, 2015 at his home in Oakland, IA at the age of 92 years, 8 months, and 28 days. Ken attended Scofield and Busse country school until the eighth grade. He worked on the family farm until he...

Sep 21, 2015

Willadene Joy Moore, the daughter of Leon and Carrie (Perkins) Putnam, was born September 14, 1931 in Oakland, IA. She died September 21, 2015 at the Methodist Hospital in Omaha, NE at the age of 84 years and 7 days. Willadene attended school at Oakland. On October 7, 1949 she was united in marriage to Louie Wilbern Moore in Clarinda,...

Sep 18, 2015

Cleo was born August 16, 1928, to Frank and Vera (England) Ray of Griswold. Cleo Maxine (Ray) Steffen passed away September 18, 2015, at the Griswold Care Center in Griswold at the age of 87. Cleo attended school at Griswold, graduating from Griswold Community School in 1946. After graduation, she worked as a secretary at the Griswold School for several...

Sep 14, 2015

Kelly Allen Curtis, son of Dean (Joe) Lyle and Geraldine Louise (Mueller) Curtis, was born March 6, 1953 in Creston, IA. He died September 14, 2015 at the Methodist Hospital in Omaha, NE at the age of 62 years, 6 months, and 8 days.

Kelly was baptized on May 3, 1953 and confirmed March 19, 1967 at...

Sep 12, 2015

Willa Mae Carter, the daughter of Lyle Edwin and Mildred Aylene (Hummel) West, was born June 11, 1932 in Oakland, IA and died September 12, 2015 at the Griswold Care Center in Griswold, IA at the age of 83 years, 3 months, 1 day. Willa attended school in Oakland, graduating from Oakland High School with the class of 1950. On...

Sep 12, 2015

Glendale Edna Armstrong, the daughter of Ray and Della (Hamlin) Grennell, was born March 25, 1919 on a farm east of Griswold, IA. She died September 12, 2015 at the Allen Place in Atlantic, IA at the age of 96 years, 5 months, and 18 days. In 1923, Glendale's family moved from the farm into Griswold. She graduated from Griswold...

Aug 29, 2015

Susan Jane McCowen, the daughter of John Wendell and Barbara Ann (Ripley) McCowen, was born April 29, 1966 in Council Bluffs, IA. She died at her home in Omaha, at the age of 49 years. Susan attended school in Oakland, graduating with the class of 1984. While in high school, she participated in many sports and activities and won three...

Aug 27, 2015

Joan Bartlett, the daughter of Homer and Bonnie (Puryear) Johns, was born August 4, 1924 on the family farm east of Oakland, IA. She died August 27, 2015 at her home in Oakland, IA at the age of 91 years and 23 days.

Joan attended country school and then graduated from Oakland High School with the class...

Aug 22, 2015

Judy Clarice Bentley, the daughter of Leslie and Corabell (Bryant) Haven, was born June 11, 1945 in Council Bluffs, IA and died August 22, 2015 in Council Bluffs, IA at the age of 70 years, 2 months, and 11 days. Judy attended school in Council Bluffs and graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School. On August 10, 1981 she was...

Aug 13, 2015

Leon LeRoy Putnam, the son of Claud and Iva (Pierson) Putnam, was born October 30, 1918 west of Griswold, IA and died August 13, 2015 at the Griswold Care Center in Griswold, IA at the age of 96 years, 9 months, and 14 days. Leon attended country school and then graduated from Griswold High School. On November 9, 1938 he...

Aug 7, 2015

Arnold Lloyd Baier, the son of Randall Duane and Phyllis Opal (Pelzer) Baier, was born September 21, 1948 in Creston, IA. He died at his home in Victor, IA of an apparent heart attack, at the age of 67 years. Arnold began school at rural Mayflower south of Cumberland, IA in September of 1953. In 1955, the Baier family moved...

Aug 1, 2015

Lori Ann Moore, the daughter of Donald Ray and Norma Ann (Buckybile) Moore, was born July 16, 1963 in Council Bluffs, IA and died August 1, 2015 at her home In Missouri Valley, IA at the age of 52 years and 16 days. Lori graduated from Griswold High School. She worked at Excel in Oakland and then at NPS in...

Aug 1, 2015

Jerry Kenneth Rice, the son of Harry Kenneth and Nancy Arlene (Hair) Rice, was born March 20, 1943 in Fontanelle, IA and died August 1, 2015 at the Griswold Care Center in Griswold, IA at the age of 72 years, 4 months, and 12 days. Jerry attended school in Fontanelle and Des Moines, graduating from North High School in Des...

Jul 30, 2015

Roger Lee Clark, the son of Darrel Newton and Mildred Imogene (Hackett) Clark, was born March 25, 1943 in Council Bluffs, IA and died July 30, 2015 at the Jennie Edmundson Hospital in Council Bluffs, IA at the age of 72 years, 4 months, and 5 days. Roger attended country school before going to Oakland High School. He graduated from...

Jul 28, 2015

Maxine "Mickey" Winifred Tye Houser, the daughter of Werner and Marie (Shaaf) Sunderman, was born November 26, 1926 at home at Atlantic, IA and died July 28, 2015 at the Griswold Care Center in Griswold, IA, at the age of 88 years, 8 months, and 2 days. Mickey was baptized on May 3, 1931 and confirmed at Atlantic, IA. She...

Jul 27, 2015

James Johnson, the son of Warren Guy and Marian Ordway (Kidder) Johnson, was born March 19, 1932 at the Jennie Edmundson Hospital in Council Bluffs, IA and died July 27, 2015 at the Jennie Edmundson Hospital in Council Bluffs, IA at the age of 83 years, 4 months, and 8 days. Jim attended country school at Atlantic, Exira, and Oakland....

Jul 19, 2015

Doris Ella DeWitt, the daughter of Albert and Gertrude Ann (Rupp) Neal, was born April 26, 1924 near Grant, IA and died July 19, 2015 at the Atlantic Nursing and Rehab Center in Atlantic, IA at the age of 91 years, 2 months, and 23 days.

Doris attended Hoosier Country School until the eighth grade, and then...

Jul 18, 2015

Troy Dean Shanno, the son of Richard Ray and Joan Virginia (Ford) Shanno, was born February 3, 1968 in Fort Hood, TX and died July 18, 2015 at his home in Kenyon, MN at the age of 47 years, 5 months, and 15 days. Troy attended school at Oakland, graduating from Oakland High School with the class of 1986. After...

Jul 9, 2015

Opal Belle Smith, the daughter of Hermon and Hazel Marie (Babb) Peck, was born March 14, 1924 at Elliott, IA and died July 9, 2015 at the Griswold Care Center in Griswold, IA at the age of 91 years, 3 months, and 25 days. Opal attended school at Elliott, graduating from Elliott High School. After graduating, she was married and...

Jun 28, 2015

Arthur William "Bill" Dean, the son of Vernon La Forest and Gladys Isabelle (Neer) Dean, was born July 25, 1926 east of Griswold, IA and died June 28, 2015 at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, NE at the age of 88 years, 11 months, 3 days. Bill graduated from Griswold High School with the class of 1944....