OBITUARIES
Roberta "Bertie" Marie Reiff
Aug 27, 2012
Roberta "Bertie" Marie Reiff Roberta "Bertie" Marie Reiff, the daughter of Arthur and Phyllis (Osler) Pendgraft, was born March 5, 1950 at Council Bluffs, IA and died August 27, 2012 at her home in Griswold, IA at the age of 62 years, 5 months, and 22 days. Bertie attended school at Oakland and then married Eddie Beason in 1970. She...
Dolores "Dee" Courcier
Aug 18, 2012
Dolores P. Courcier, 83, of Griswold, IA, died early Saturday morning, August 18, 2012 at the Griswold Care Center. Dolores Pearl Graham was born at Council Bluffs, IA, on August 30, 1928, the daughter of Elisha T. and Cuba S. (Bates) Graham. She attended school in Council Bluffs until the third grade and the family moved to Griswold and she...
Hazel Henningsen
Aug 14, 2012
Hazel Bertha Henningsen Hazel Bertha Henningsen, the daughter of Jerry and Nora (Linkletter) Glissmann, was born July 23, 1920 at Walnut, IA and died August 14, 2012 at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, IA at the age of 92 years and 22 days. Hazel attended school at Walnut through the tenth grade and then graduated from Lewis High...
N. Jean Burnham
Aug 13, 2012
Jean Burnham, 88, of Griswold, IA, died Monday morning, August 13, 2012 at the Creighton University Medical Center in Omaha, NE. Norma Jean Robinson was born at 5 miles west of Lewis in Pottawattamie County on May 26, 1924, the daughter of Frank M. and Ila Ruth (Reynolds) Robinson. She graduated from Lewis High School in 1941 and received Normal...
Sheri Rush
Aug 8, 2012
Sheri Rush, 47, of rural Griswold, IA, died Wednesday evening, August 8, 2012, at her home. Sheri Ann Kline was born in Atlantic, IA, on October 19, 1964, to Jerry and Eloyce (Tietz) Kline. She graduated from Griswold High School in 1983 and then graduated from Cosmotology School in Council Bluffs. On September 1, 1984, she and Kenneth Lee Rush...
Dan Petersen
Aug 8, 2012
Duane "Dan" Allen Petersen Duane "Dan" Allen Petersen, the son of George and Loree (Petersen) Fitch, was born December 13, 1930 in Omaha, NE and died August 8, 2012 at Omaha, NE at the age of 81years, 7 months, and 26 days. Dan attended Central High School, graduating with the class of 1949. After graduating, he was in the Navy...
Rilla Shires
Aug 8, 2012
Rilla Jean Shires, 83, passed away peacefully at her home in Cottonwood, AZ on Aug. 8, 2012. She was born Oct. 22, 1928 in Pottawattamie County, Iowa, but had lived in Arizona since 1962. Rilla was preceded in death by her parents, Carl and Lois DeKay, her husband of 47 years, Dick Shires on January 13, 1996, and her sisters...
Margaret Louise Nicholas
Aug 3, 2012
Margaret Louise Nicholas Margaret Louise Nicholas, the daughter of James and Ethel (Morse) Carter, was born August 4, 1920 at Skidmore, MO and died August 3, 2012 at the Montgomery County Hospital in Red Oak, IA at the age of 91 years, 11 months, and 30 days. Margaret graduated from Graham High School and then attended Northwest Missouri State University....
A. Deane Urbanek
Jul 26, 2012
Alfred "Deane" Urbanek Alfred Deane Urbanek, the son of Frank Henry and Mary Eleanor (Bartunek) Urbanek, was born June 19, 1925 at Ellsworth, KS and died July 26, 2012 at the Oakland Manor Nursing Home in Oakland, IA at the age of 87 years, 1 month, and 7 days. Deane attended school at Ellsworth. He enlisted in the Army and...
Buddy W. Smith
Jul 15, 2012
Buddy W. Smith, 90, of Atlantic, IA, and formerly of Elliott, IA, died Sunday evening, July 15, 2012, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic. Buddy Worth Smith was born at Elliott, Iowa, on April 2, 1922, the son of Ray "Biffie" Carroll and Jessie Elizabeth (Mercer) Smith. He graduated from Elliott High School in 1941 and was active...
Frederick William Coley
Jul 7, 2012
Frederick William Coley, the son of Fred and Emma (Bakkan) Coley, was born September 14, 1926 at Bedford, IA, and died July 7, 2012 at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, IA, at the age of 85 years, 9 months, and 23 days. Fred moved to Council Bluffs and graduated for Thomas Jefferson High School. After graduating, he attended...
Larry Gene Wagner
Jul 2, 2012
Larry Gene Wagner Larry Gene Wagner, the son of George and Ramona (Wulff) Wagner, was born January 13, 1939 in Council Bluffs, Iowa and died July 2, 2012 at the Oakland Manor Nursing Home in Oakland, Iowa at the age of 73 years, 5 months, and 19 days. Larry graduated from Oakland High School with the class of 1957. He...
Ryan Perdue
Jun 15, 2012
Ryan James Perdue was born on June 4, 1983, the son of James Albert Denny and Debra Kay Perdue. He grew up in the Griswold and Red Oak areas and attended school in both towns. Following his schooling, he worked in the construction industry as a drywall installer and painter. On October 13, 2006, he married Beth Booher at Red...
William Carpenter
Jun 9, 2012
William "Bill" Carpenter, 68, of Atlantic, IA, died Saturday afternoon, June 9, 2012, at the Atlantic Nursing and Rehab Center. William Michael Joseph Carpenter was born on May 22, 1944 at Santa Monica, California the son of William and Irene (Morris) Carpenter. The family moved to the Omaha area when Bill was 4 years old and he attended schools in...
Kim Sue Farrell
Jun 8, 2012
KIM SUE PIERSON FARRELL Kim Sue Farrell, the daughter of Richard Floyd and Peggy Lou (McConnell) Pierson, was born March 3, 1963 at Council Bluffs and died June 6, 2012 at Council Bluffs, at the age of 49 years, 3 months, and 3 days. Kim attended school at Oakland and graduated from Oakland High School with the class of 1981....
Lloyd John Mertes
May 27, 2012
Lloyd Mertes Lloyd John Mertes, the son of John and Emma (Langenfeld) Mertes, was born December 1, 1925 in Guthrie County, IA and died May 27, 2012 at the Oakland Manor Nursing Home in Oakland, at the age of 86 years, 5 months, and 26 days. Lloyd went to school through the eighth grade and then helped farm and run...
Clara May Thornton
May 17, 2012
Clara May Thornton, 78, of Griswold, IA, died Thursday night, May 17, 2012, at her home in Griswold. Clara May Hopkins was born at Tarkio, MO, on July 20, 1933, the daughter of E. G. and Emma Elsie (Babb) Hopkins. As a young girl, the family made their home in Tarkio; Friend, NE; and Lyman, IA, before settling in Griswold...
Dorothy Putnam
May 12, 2012
Dorothy Dean Putnam, the daughter of Russell Edward and Mildred Emiline (Westerlund) DeWitt was born April 19, 1923 near Elliott, Iowa and died May 12, 2012 at the Griswold Care Center in Griswold, Iowa at the age of 89 years and 23 days. Dorothy attended country school and then Elliott High School, where she played basketball. On November 9, 1938...
Esther Dorothy Pierce
May 3, 2012
Esther Dorothy Pierce Esther Dorothy Pierce, the daughter of Walter and Marie (Johnk) Krueger, was born August 2, 1922 on the family farm near Hancock, IA and died May 3, 2012 at the Heritage House in Atlantic, IA at the age of 89 years, 9 months, and 1 day. Esther attended country school near Hancock while also helping on the...
Enos Omer Dawson
May 3, 2012
Enos Dawson Enos Omer Dawson, the son of Waller Parker and Ellen Sedonia (Farmer) Dawson was born April 5, 1914 at Hana, Mo and died May 3, 2012 at the Oakland Manor Nursing Home at Oakland, IA at the age of 98 years and 28 days. Enos was baptized at Hana, MO. On August 7, 1935 he was united in...
