OBITUARIES
Mervin Emil Dau
Nov 3, 2013
Mervin Emil Dau Mervin Emil Dau, the son of Emil and Annie (Kay) Dau, was born December 11, 1916 north of Oakland, IA and died November 3, 2013 in Ames, IA at the age of 96 years, 10 months, and 24 days. Mervin attended country school and then graduated from Walnut High School with the class of 1934. In 1944...
Mary Lou Robbins
Oct 15, 2013
Mary Lou Robbins, the daughter of Alden R. and Grace L. (McConnell) Terry, was born April 15, 1930 at Griswold, IA and died October 15, 2013 at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, IA at the age of 83 years, 6 months. Mary Lou attended school at Griswold before moving to South Dakota. On June 5, 1948 she was...
Jack C. Mcconnelee
Oct 13, 2013
Jack C. McConnelee Jack C. McConnelee, the son of George and Maude (Roberts) McConnelee, was born February 27, 1934 at Griswold, IA and died October 13, 2013 at his home in Griswold, at the age of 79 years, 7 months, and 16 days. Jack graduated from Griswold High School and then served in the Army. After being discharged, he returned...
Peggy Ann Wiles
Sep 26, 2013
Peggy Ann Wiles Peggy Wiles, formerly of Oakland, Iowa died peacefully in her sleep on Thursday, September 26 at her home in Falls Church, Virginia at the age of 75 years. Peggy was preceded in death by her parents, Mildred and James C. Cawley and her older brother, James D. (Bud) Cawley. She is survived by her daughter, Tammy Wiles...
Kenneth E. Schuler
Sep 21, 2013
Kenneth E. Schuler, the son of Harold Victor and Evelyn Margaret (Cocklin) Schuler, was born March 26, 1922 at Lyman, IA and died September 21, 2013 at the Griswold Care Center at Griswold, IA, at the age of 91 years, 5 months, and 26 days. Kenneth attended Wasmer Country Grade School in Noble Township, before graduating from Atlantic High School....
Lorraine H. Perdue
Sep 11, 2013
Lorraine H. Perdue, the daughter of Andrew and Alice Hauser, was born October 20, 1927 at Charles City, IA and died September 11, 2013 at Issaquah, WA at the age of 85 years, 10 months, and 22 days. Lorraine graduated from Charles City High School and then attended Grinnell College. She met Wayne Perdue while in college, and they were...
Denny Longcor
Aug 20, 2013
Melvin Dennis "Denny" Dyke Longcor, the son of Melvin and Bonnie (Putnam) Longcor, was born January 1, 1945 at Alliance, NE and died August 20, 2013 at the Jennie Edmundson Hospital in Council Bluffs, IA at the age of 68 years, 7 months, and 19 days. Denny graduated from Oakland High School with the class of 1962. After graduating, Denny...
James Patrick Hyland, Jr.
Aug 4, 2013
James Patrick Hyland, Jr. passed away at the Griswold Care Center in Griswold, Iowa on Sunday August 4, 2013. He was 91 years, 10 months, and 26 days old. Jim was born on September 8, 1921 in Waterbury, CT, the son of James and Margaret Hyland, Sr. He joined the National Guard coast artillery in 1937and then was called to...
Ralph Richard Pierce
Aug 1, 2013
Ralph Richard Pierce was born September 14, 1922 the son of Arthur and Sara (Ireland) Pierce, at the family farm near Oakland, Iowa. Ralph died August 1, 2013 at the Oakland Manor Nursing Home in Oakland, at the age of 90 years, 10 months, and 18 days. Ralph attended elementary school for eight years at Washington #6, across the road...
Cleo Blennie Gary
Jul 14, 2013
Cleo Blennie Gary, 98, of Wichita, KS, died Sunday July 14, 2013, in Wichita. Cleo was born on March 13, 1915 in Whippier, AR, the daughter of Newt and Minnie (Kirk) Smith. On June 10, 1930, she married Clyde Gary in Springdale, AR. They lived at Griswold and Clyde farmed and worked construction. They moved to Red Oak, IA in...
Virginia Ann Cain
Jul 11, 2013
Virginia Ann Cain, the daughter of Preston and Anna (Duerr) Massey, was born February 1, 1923 and died July 11, 2013 at the Oakland Manor Nursing Home in Oakland at the age of 90 years. Virginia attended school at Carson. On May 10, 1942 she was united in marriage to Merlyn "Spike" Cain. They lived in Oakland and Virginia worked...
Norma Glass
Jul 5, 2013
Norma Glass, age 95, of Oakland passed away Friday, July 5, 2013 at the Risen Son Christian Village. Norma was born to David and Myrtle Achenbach on December 7, 1917 in Macedonia Township. Norma attended school at Oakland and graduated from Oakland High School with the class of 1936. Norma married Roland Glass in 1940. They lived in Oakland where...
Lilly Margaret Woods
Jul 3, 2013
Lily Margaret Woods, the daughter of Elmer and Mable (Fox) Peck, was born November 17, 1922 at Elliott, IA and died July 3, 2013 at the Elmcrest Retirement Community in Harlan, IA at the age of 90 years, 7 months, and 16 days. Lily attended school in Elliott and graduated from Elliot High School with the class of 1940. On...
Martha Jo Hardy
Jun 16, 2013
MJ, the daughter of Joseph Samuel and Margaret Muriel (Dunn) Gamble, was born December 19, 1956 at Denton, TX, and died June 13, 2013, at University Hospital in Omaha, NE, at the age of 56 years, 5 months, and 25 days. Martha attended school at Lake Dallas, TX and worked at the Duck Inn while in school. When she was...
Wayne Fritz
Jun 7, 2013
Wayne Fritz, the son of Fred and Edna (Heiman) Fritz, was born on the family farm Northwest of Oakland on October 26, 1922 and died June 7, 2013 at the Amelia House in Council Bluffs, IA at the age of 90 years, 7 months, and 12 days. Wayne attended country school and then attended Oakland High School. On August 7,...
Dorothy Margaret Rounds
May 28, 2013
Dorothy Margaret (Rife) Rounds, the daughter of David and Margaret (Fox) Rife, was born March 18, 1930 at Mondamin, IA and passed on May 28, 2013 at her daughter and son-in-law's farm, west of Carson, IA at the age of 83 years, 2 months, and 10 days. Dorothy attended school at Mondamin. On July 1, 1946 she was united in...
Phyllis Elizabeth Steffen
May 15, 2013
Phyllis Steffen, 87, of Griswold, IA died late Wednesday evening, May 15, 2013 at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic. Phyllis Elizabeth Cable was born on March 1, 1926 north of Griswold, the daughter of Harry and Goldie Leah (Barnes) Cable. She graduated from Griswold High School in 1945 and on January 8, 1946 was married to Calvin Gail...
Curtis "Scoop" Eshelman
May 15, 2013
Curtis L. "Scoop" Eshelman, the son of Albert Cummins and Ruth Emily (Askey) Eshelman, was born December 4, 1927, in Noble Township, south of Lyman, IA, and died May 15, 2013, at his home in Mesa, AZ, at the age of 85 years, 5 months, and 11 days. Scoop attended Noble Center School for three years before going to school...
Lorrin K. Matthews
May 14, 2013
Lorrin Kenneth Matthews, 88, of Oakland, IA, died at the Oakland Manor Nursing Home early Tuesday, May 14, 2013. Lorrin was born in Washington Twp., Pottawattamie Co., rural Carson, IA on September 12, 1924 the son of Orrin Quincy and Sadie Elizabeth (Georing) Matthews. He survived polio as a young boy and attended rural schools in Washington Twp. He began...
Marilyn Lee Erickson
Apr 28, 2013
Marilyn Lee Erickson, the daughter of Russell and Lena Helton, was born November 24, 1942 in Griswold, IA and died April 28, 2013 at the Griswold Care Center in Griswold at the age of 70 years, 5, months, and 4 days. Marilyn attended country school until the eighth grade. On July 25, 1958 she was united in marriage to Harold...
