Local obituaries for Rieken Funeral Home

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....

Jun 24, 2015

Dorothy Pauline Johnson, the daughter of John Henry and Amelia Catherine Regina (Vette) Tiemann, was born July 5, 1924 in Northboro, IA and died June 24, 2015 at her home in Council Bluffs, IA, at the age of 90 years, 11 months, and 17 days. On May 23, 1942 Dorothy was united in marriage to Wilbur Benjamin Johnson at Grand...

Jun 19, 2015

Mark Edward McDaniel, the son of Thomas Edward and Kathleen Marie (Wilkinson) McDaniel, was born June 11, 1974 in Council Bluffs, IA and died June 19, 2015 at the Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, NE at the age of 41 years and 8 days. Mark attended school at Harlan, graduating with the class of 1993. After graduating, he served in...

Jun 18, 2015

Marvin "Dean" Mardesen, the son of Milo Franklin and Irene Adina (Nelson) Mardesen, was born January 7, 1936 in Audubon County, near Elk Horn, IA and died June 18, 2015 at the Veterans Hospital in Omaha, NE at the age of 79 years, 5 months, and 11 days. Dean was baptized and confirmed at the Elk Horn Lutheran Church. After...

Jun 18, 2015

Donald Dean Fichter, the son of Albert Jedidiah and Bonnie May (Hart) Fichter, was born December 15, 1926 in Wheeler Grove Township near Carson, IA and died June 18, 2015 at the Good Samaritan Society in Red Oak, IA at the age of 88 years, 6 months, and 3 days.

Donald was united in marriage to Joan...

Jun 11, 2015

Lloyd Edwin Bergstrom was born October 26, 1928 to Gus and Jessie Inman Bergstrom. He died June 11, 2015 at the Griswold Care Center in Griswold, IA at the age of 86 years, 7 months, and 16 days. He lived his entire life in the Griswold area except the two years he was serving his country. He graduated from Griswold...

May 28, 2015

Sylvia Bozena Janina Rosalia (Mleczko) Jedruska-Witt Sylvia was born January 1, 1947 in Cracow, Poland, the oldest of 3 Siblings. She spent over a decade practicing medicine in Poland, most of that time she lived in Zakopane in the Tatra mountains of southern Poland. In 1980, she followed her parents to Meknes, Morocco, taking her two sons, from a previous...

May 20, 2015

Charles Luther Hicks, the son of Donald and Doris (Watts) Hicks, was born July 17, 1956 in Fort Ord, CA and died May 20, 2015 at the Glenwood Hospice House, in Glenwood, IA at the age of 58 years, 10 months, and 3 days. Charles moved to Missouri at a very young age and lived there for several years before...

May 12, 2015

John Michael Camizzi John M. Camizzi died May 12, 2015 at Oakland Manor, Oakland, Iowa after a long battle with cancer. Family and friends will gather for remembrances of his life on May 23, 2015 at the Vernon Bar and Grill, 2035 Mt. Vernon Road SE, Cedar Rapids, Iowa from 2 – 5 pm. Inurnment will be on May 23,...

Apr 28, 2015

Rick Beedle, the son of Mervin F. and Joan Fay (Martens) Beedle, was born May 14, 1958 in Sheldon, IA and died April 28, 2015 at Mercy Hospital in Council Bluffs, IA at the age of 56 years, 11 months, and 14 days. Rick attended school at Oakland, graduating from Oakland High School with the class of 1976. He...

Apr 25, 2015

Vera Louise Sasse died April 25, 2015 at the Griswold Rehabilitation and Health Care Center in Griswold, IA at the age of 93 years, 8 months, and 3 days. She had been a resident at the center since February of 2014. Vera Louise Anderson Sasse was born the 22nd day of August, 1921, at home in Exira, IA to George...

Apr 17, 2015

Gerald Eugene Hackett, the son of Wayne and Mattie (Anderson) Hackett was born October 22, 1928 at Oakland, IA and died April 17, 2015 at the Jennie Edmundson Hospital in Council Bluffs, IA, at the age of 86 years, 5 months, and 26 days. Gerald attended country school and then graduated from Oakland High School with the class of 1946....

Apr 16, 2015

Norene Josephine Duggan, the daughter of Nicholas and Katherine (Brosius) Klosen, was born July 20, 1917 in Gandy, NE and died April 16, 2015 in Omaha, NE at the age of 97 years, 8 months, and 27 days. Norene attended country school and then graduated as valedictorian from Gandy High School with the class of 1935. She attended St. Francis...

Apr 12, 2015

Lilly Marie Palmer, the daughter of Ralph and Emma (Schmielau) Taylor, was born June 25, 1925 at Oakland, Iowa and died April 12, 2015 at the Oakland Manor Nursing Home in Oakland, Iowa at the age of 89 years, 9 months, and 18 days.

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

Mar 29, 2015

Caroll Wallace Johnson, the son of Clifford Wallace and Velma Marie (Inman) Johnson was born January 2, 1929 in Walnut, IA and died March 29, 2015 at the Oakland Manor Nursing Home in Oakland, IA at the age of 86 years, 2 months, and 27 days.

Caroll attended country school near Minden.  After finishing school, he helped...