OBITUARIES
Lillian Landis
Feb 1, 2012
Lillian Landis Lillian Landis, the daughter of Robert Moyer and Laura Elena (Clark) Landis, was born August 30, 1918 near Quakertown, PA and died February 1, 2012 at the Griswold Care Center in Griswold, IA at the age of 93 years, 5 months, and 2 days. Lillian attended Brick Tavern Country School. When she was thirteen years old she made...
Angela Ruth Newman
Jan 24, 2012
Angela R. Newman, the daughter of Chester and Celia (Knoke) Proctor, was born April 1, 1918 at Griswold, IA and died January 24, 2012 at the Griswold Care Center in Griswold, IA at the age of 93 years, 9 months, and 23 days. Angela graduated from Griswold High School with the class of 1935. On January 17, 1937 she was...
Glenn A. Lilja
Jan 18, 2012
Glenn A. Lilja, 87, of Atlantic, IA, died Wednesday evening, January 18, 2012 at the Heritage House in Atlantic where he had been a resident for the last 4 years. Glenn was born at Brighton, CO on August 9, 1924, the son of Rudolph Axel and Hilma Teresia (Peterson) Lilja. He graduated from High School and was married. He farmed...
Arlene M. Riepe
Jan 5, 2012
Arlene M. Riepe, 95, of Griswold, IA died Thursday evening, January 5, 2012 at the Griswold Care Center in Griswold where she had resided since May. Arlene Mildred Sothman was born on the family farm east of Lyman, IA, on November 12, 1916, the daughter of Henry Mark and Minnie (Frank) Sothman. She attended rural schools and graduated from Atlantic...
Orlan Cain
Dec 31, 2011
Orlan Cain, 73, of Griswold, died Saturday, December 31, 2011 at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha. Orlan Kendall Cain was born at Carson, IA on February 3, 1938 the son of Lynn Earl and Neva Louise (Bolton) Cain. Orlan contracted polio at the age of one and dealt with that affliction throughout his life time, finally succumbing...
Beverly Jean Jones
Dec 22, 2011
BEVERLY JEAN JONES Beverly Jean Jones, the daughter of Lawrence Roland and Ester Louise (Berg) Hansen, was born November 27, 1936 at Council Bluffs, IA and died December 22, 2011 at the Jennie Edmundson Hospital in Council Bluffs, IA at the age of 75 years and 25 days. Beverly attended school at Council Bluffs. She moved to Oregon for a...
Ronald Richard Rehfeldt
Dec 20, 2011
RONALD REHFELDT Ronald Richard Rehfeldt, the son of George Richard and Shirley Maxine (Reid) Rehfeldt, was born December 2, 1947 at Council Bluffs, IA and died December 20, 2011 at the University of Nebraska Medical Center at the age of 64 years and 18 days. Ronald attended school in Council Bluffs, graduating from Thomas Jefferson High School with the class...
Wayne Hopping
Dec 19, 2011
WAYNE HOPPING Wayne Hopping, the son of John and Irene (Watkins) Hopping, was born December 10, 1928 at Eureka, KS and died December 19, 2011 at the Oakland Manor Nursing home in Oakland, IA at the age of 83 years and 9 days. Wayne graduated from Sterling High School in Sterling, Kansas with the class of 1947. He attended college...
Maxine C. Carspecken
Dec 17, 2011
Maxine C. Carspecken, 92, of Griswold died Saturday morning, December 17, 2011 at the Griswold Care Center in Griswold where she had been a resident since February 2003. Maxine Caroline Brown was born at Oakland, IA, on June 27, 1919, the daughter of Verbal W. and Jessie (Brock) Brown. She graduated at the age of 16 from Oakland High School...
Walter Dell Carr
Dec 2, 2011
WALTER DELL CARR Walter Dell Carr, the son of Wayne Francis and Vera Hope (Graybill) Carr, was born July 25, 1929 in Carson, IA and died December 2, 2011 in Council Bluffs, IA at the age of 82 years, 4 months, and 7 days. Walter graduated from Carson High School and then attended college at Creston. Walter was married to...
Esther Russell
Nov 16, 2011
Esther Elaine (Bolton) Russell passed away Wednesday, November 16, 2011, at the Griswold Care Center at the age of 90 years. Esther was born September 25, 1921, on a farm west of Elliott, IA, the daughter of Sheldon Ray and Myrtle Mae (Petty) Bolton. She graduated from Carson High School in 1939, received Normal Training, and taught one year in...
Timothy Tye
Nov 13, 2011
Timothy Dean "Tim" Tye, 54, of Atlantic, IA, formerly of Griswold, died Sunday evening at the Atlantic Nursing and Rehab Center where he had been a resident for nearly 4 years. Tim was born at Omaha, NE, on May 25, 1957 the son of Elgie Dean and Thelma Ione (DeWitt) Tye. He attended schools in Griswold and went to work...
Shirley Naomi Wilson
Oct 18, 2011
Shirley Naomi Wilson Shirley Naomi Wilson, daughter of Robert and Myrta (Parker) Miller, was born September 4, 1915 at Oakland, IA and died October 18, 2011 at the Oakland Manor Nursing Home in Oakland, IA at the age of 96 years, 1 month, and 14 days. Shirley attended school at Oakland and graduated with the class of 1933. She attended...
Barbara Ellen Colvin
Oct 9, 2011
Barbara Ellen Colvin Barbara Ellen Colvin, the daughter of Frederick and Dorothy Blanche (Gillespie) Hamilton, was born May 30, 1944 at Oakland, IA and died October 9, 2011 at her home in Oakland at the age of 67 years. Barb attended school at Oakland, graduating with the class of 1962. On November 3, 1962 she was united in marriage to...
Raymond Burnham
Oct 1, 2011
F. Raymond Burnham Jr., 87 of Griswold, IA, died Saturday morning, October 1, 2011, at the Griswold Care Center in Griswold. Fred Raymond Burnham Jr. was born at Council Bluffs, IA, on March 1, 1924, the son of Fred Raymond and Elizabeth (Pace) Burnham. He graduated from Griswold High School in 1941 and farmed for one year with his father....
Brian Thomas Mcconeghey
Sep 19, 2011
Brian Thomas McConeghey Brian Thomas McConeghey was born May 14, 1972 at Council Bluffs, IA and died September 18, 2011 at Omaha, NE at the age of 39 years. Brian attended school at Treynor, St. Albert's, and Thomas Jefferson, before graduating in 1992. He served in the National Guard and then worked at various jobs in the Omaha area. He...
Lois Lorraine Rattenborg
Sep 18, 2011
Lois Lorraine Rattenborg Lois Lorraine Rattenborg, the daughter of Claus and Wilma Danker, was born in Council Bluffs, IA on September 2, 1937 and died at her home West of Oakland, IA on September 18, 2011 at the age of 74 years. Lois was fourth of seven children. She grew up on the family farm seven miles west of Oakland....
Janet Noll
Sep 10, 2011
Darlene "Janet" Noll, the daughter of Vernon McDade and Gladys Irene (Winterstein) Shultz, was born June 28, 1935 at her family's home West of Griswold and died September 10, 2011 at the Griswold Care Center in Griswold, at the age of 75 years. Janet attended school at Griswold and was a drum majorette for the Griswold High School Band. She...
Charlene Mae Dorscher
Sep 8, 2011
Charlene Mae (King) Dorscher Charlene Mae (King) Dorscher died Thursday, September 8, 2011 at the Atlantic Nursing and Rehab Center in Atlantic, IA at the age of 81 years, 3 months, and 7 days. Charlene was born June 1, 1930 at her family's home in Pottawattamie County, IA to Claude and Mary (Hering) King. She was united in marriage to...
Richard C. "Dick" Erickson
Sep 1, 2011
Richard C. Erickson, 81, of Griswold, formerly of Lewis died Thursday, September 1, 2011, at the Cass County Hospice Center in Atlantic. Richard Clemens Erickson was born on the family farm in Page County Iowa near Yorktown on March 7, 1930, the only child of Martin William and Okey Belle (Snodderly) Erickson. He attended rural schools and entered the U.S....
