OBITUARIES
Dorothy Putnam
Mar 6, 2014
Dorothy May Putnam, the daughter of Lawrence and Laura (Brown) Williams, was born July 28, 1926 in Bridgewater, IA and died March 6, 2014 at her home in Oakland, IA at the age of 87 years, 7 months, and 6 days. Dorothy attended school in Bridgewater and graduated from Bridgewater High School. On December 7, 1946 she was united in...
Lonnie Lewis Smith
Feb 19, 2014
Lonnie Lewis Smith, the son of Robert and Roma (Tyson) Smith, was born January 13, 1946 in Council Bluffs, IA and died February 19, 2014 at the Northcrest Living Center, in Council Bluffs, IA at the age of 68 years, 1 month, and 6 days. Lonnie attended school in Oakland, graduating with the class of 1964. On July 24, 1965...
Ruby Justine Kinser
Feb 9, 2014
Ruby Kinser, 91, of Griswold Ruby Justine Hanson Kinser passed away Sunday morning, February 9th, 2014, at the Griswold Care Center in Griswold, IA, where she had lived since February 2011. She was 91 years old. Ruby was born on March 10, 1922 at Owatonna, MN to Edwin and Sedate Johnson Hanson. She was raised in Mentor, MN on the...
Helen Margaret Smith
Feb 3, 2014
Helen Margaret Smith, the daughter of William H. and Anna J. (Martens) Wohlenhaus, was born in Edna Township on April 24, 1923, and left her life on Earth on February 3, 2014 at her home in Atlantic, at the age of 90 years, 9 months, and 10 days. She attended elementary school at Custer #3 in rural Cass County and...
Joshua Alan Fritz
Feb 1, 2014
Joshua Alan Fritz, the son of Marshall William and Karen Ann (Carlson) Fritz, was born April 3, 1982 in Council Bluffs, IA and entered into rest February 1, 2014 from injuries sustained in an automobile accident west of Carson, IA, at the age of 31 years, 9 months, and 29, days. Joshua graduated from Riverside High School with the class...
Carol Jean Johnson
Jan 24, 2014
Carol Jean Johnson of Greensboro, MD, died Friday, January 24, 2014, at the Caroline Nursing Home in Denton, MD. She was 72 years old.
Born and raised in Griswold, Iowa, Ms. Johnson was the daughter of the late Dr. Carl George Johnson and Ethel Irene Ellis Johnson. She had lived near Greensboro since 1990. Ms. Johnson had...
Geraldine Lee Brown
Jan 11, 2014
Geraldine Lee Brown Geraldine Lee Brown, the daughter of Floyd Lee and Minnie Elsie (Curts) Nicholson, was born February 19, 1928 in Marfrance, WV and died January 11, 2014 at the Oakland Manor Nursing Home in Oakland, IA at the age of 85 years, 11 months, and 9 days. Geraldine moved to Carson when she was two years old. She...
Teri Lee Leighton
Jan 9, 2014
Teri Lee Leighton, the daughter of Larry A. and Mable Jean (Sanny) Anderson, was born October 30, 1959 in Atlantic, IA and died January 9, 2014 at her home in Atlantic, IA at the age of age of 54 years, 2 months, and 10 days. Teri attended school at Griswold, and graduated from Griswold High School with the class of...
Jean Elizabeth Jennings
Jan 5, 2014
Jean E. Jennings of Griswold, IA passed away January, 5, 2014 at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, IA. Jean was born February 19, 1924 in Kewanee, IL, the daughter of Joe and Alice (Hester) Orr. She was a 1942 graduate of Wethersfield, IL. She worked in Kewanee until she married John Jennings in Grand Marris, MN on July...
Mable Anderson
Dec 24, 2013
Mable Jean Sanny was born on August 16, 1937 in Atlantic, IA, the daughter of John Henry and Betty Marcielle (McGaffin) Sanny. She attended Lewis schools and graduated from Lewis High School in 1955 and following her graduation she worked for Blue Star Canning Co. In 1956 she married Larry A. Anderson and they later divorced in 1984. She worked...
Terrel Klahn
Dec 22, 2013
Terrel W. Klahn, age 71, of Oakland, IA went home to be with the Lord unexpectedly on Sunday, December 22, 2013. Terrel was born on March 14, 1942 in Council Bluffs and raised on a farm east of Treynor. He graduated from Treynor High School in 1960. He married his high school sweetheart Deanna Holst in 1962. They farmed south...
Edith Annette Rabe
Dec 14, 2013
Edith Annette (Alm) Rabe, the daughter of Carl W. and Alice Media (Johnson) Alm, was born November 9, 1931 on the family farm eight miles north of Stanton, IA and died December 14, 2013 at her home in Griswold, IA at the age of 82 years, 1 month, and 5 days. Edith went to country school through the eighth grade....
Thomas John Good
Dec 4, 2013
Thomas John Good Thomas John Good, the son of George Bernard and Theresa Helen (Weldon) Good, was born October 8, 1927 in Waveland Township near Griswold, IA and died December 4, 2013 at the Odebolt Nursing and Rehab Center in Odebolt, IA at the age of 86 years, 1 month, and 27 days. Tom was raised on the family farm...
Leola Mae Pendgraft
Nov 26, 2013
Leola Pendgraft Leola M. Pendgraft, the daughter of Ora Eldon and Clara Mae (Lehigh) Cooney, was born February 6, 1923 on a farm near Oakland, IA and died November 26, 2013 at the Jennie Edmundson Hospital in Council Bluffs, IA at the age of 90 years, 9 months, and 20 days. Leola attended school at Oakland, graduating from Oakland High...
Peggy Jo Creveling
Nov 24, 2013
Peggy Jo Creveling Peggy Jo Creveling, the daughter of Curtis and Ila Mae (Riedemann) Ruppert, was born June 5, 1955 in Creston, IA and died November 24, 2013 at the Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, NE, at the age of 58 years, 5 months, and 19 days. Peggy attended school in Griswold, graduating from Griswold High School with the class...
Clarence "Smitty" Renfeld
Nov 17, 2013
Clarence "Smitty" Renfeld Clarence "Smitty" Renfeld, the son of Andrew and Linda (Neve) Renfeld, was born May 2, 1936 in Avoca, IA and died November 17, 2013 at Jennie Edmundson Hospital in Council Bluffs, IA, at the age of 77 years, 6 months, and 15 days. Smitty attended school at Avoca. He drove a truck for Jim Schueman in Avoca,...
Thomas Johns Bartlett
Nov 15, 2013
Thomas Johns Bartlett Thomas Johns Bartlett, the son of Kenneth and Joan (Johns) Bartlett, was born March 29, 1948 at Council Bluffs, IA and died November 15, 2013 at his home in Oakland, IA at the age of 65 years, 7 months, and 8 days. Tom attended school in Oakland, graduating from Oakland High School with the class of 1966....
Patsy L. Smith
Nov 14, 2013
Patsy Lou Smith, the daughter of Manfred and Winifred (McKee) Shanno, was born June 26, 1944 in Council Bluffs, IA and died November 14, 2013 at the Oakland Manor Nursing Home in Oakland, IA at the age of 69 years, 4 months, and 19 days. Patsy attended school in Oakland, graduating from Oakland High School with the class of 1963....
Marie Johnk
Nov 8, 2013
Marie Johnk Mattie Marie Dobbs was born April 18, 1929 on the kitchen table at home in Henderson, IA to Larmon and Leona (Taylor) Dobbs. She died November 8, 2013 at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, at the age of 84 years, 6 months, and 20 days. Marie lived in the Oakland area during her younger years, which...
Marilyn T. Harris
Nov 6, 2013
Marilyn Harris Marilyn T. Harris, the daughter of Arthur And Adele (Williams) Taylor, was born September 23, 1925 in Chicago, IL and died November 6, 2013 at the Jennie Edmundson Hospital in Council Bluffs, IA at the age of 88 years, 1 months, and 14 days. Marilyn attended school in Chicago and graduated from North Park Academy. She attended Iowa...
