OBITUARIES
Raymond Forsyth
Oct 12, 2010
Rev. Raymond E. Forsyth, 81, of Burlington Junction, MO, passed away Tuesday morning, October 12, 2010 at St. Francis Hospital in Maryville. Raymond Edward Forsyth was born at Griswold, IA, on April 1, 1929, the son of Ralph S. and Hattie B. (Mueller) Forsyth. He attended and graduated from rural school near their home and graduated from Griswold High School...
Addie Mae Smith
Oct 2, 2010
ADDIE MAE SMITH Addie Mae (Pittam) Smith was born May 16, 1930 at 200 W. Grant in Clarinda, IA and died October 2, 2010 at Des Moines, IA at the age of 80 years, 4 months, and 16 days. Her parents were James Samuel Pittam and Fae Geraldine Bishop. Two years later her sister, Virginia Lea was born. When she...
Donald L. Hering
Sep 28, 2010
Donald L. Hering Donald L. Hering, the son of George Leslie and Vera Grace (Carse) Hering, was born in Omaha, NE on July 22, 1941 and died September 28, 2010 at Oakland, IA at the age of 69 years, 2 months, and 6 days. Don attended school at Oakland and graduated from Oakland High School with the class of 1960....
Harold Hansen
Sep 2, 2010
Harold E. Hansen, 83, of Griswold, IA, died Thursday evening, September 2, 2010 at the Griswold Care Center in Griswold. Harold was born at Griswold on August 13, 1927 the son of Ernest Walker and Grace (Forsyth) Hansen. He graduated from Griswold High School in 1945 and joined the Coast Guard where he served in the north Atlantic. When he...
Betty Christensen
Aug 30, 2010
Betty Christensen, 78, of Griswold, IA, died Monday, August 30, 2010 at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, IA. Betty Jane Ratashak was born at Silver City, IA, on May 22, 1932, the daughter of George and Martha Bertha Marie (Wieland) Ratashak. For the most part she attended schools at Lewis and graduated from Lewis High School in 1950....
Doris (Turner) Gray
Aug 29, 2010
DORIS LOUISE GRAY Doris Louise Gray, the daughter of O. Wendell and Edna M. (Kullbom) Turner, was born January 19, 1934 at Oakland, Iowa and died August 29, 2010 at the University Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska at the age of 76 years. Doris attended school at Oakland, graduating from Oakland High School with the class of 1951. Doris...
Alan Frank
Aug 17, 2010
Alan Frank, 50, of the Lyman area rural Griswold, IA, died Tuesday, August 17, 2010 at the Montgomery County Memorial Hospital in Red Oak. Alan Lee Frank was born at Greenfield, IA, on February 27, 1960, the son of Boyd Eugene and Georgia Ann (Courcier) Frank. He attended Griswold schools into his senior year when he developed health problems and...
Jonathan "Jon" White
Aug 2, 2010
Jonathan "Jon" White, 42, of Griswold, IA, died Monday, August 2, 2010, at the Montgomery County Memorial Hospital in Red Oak, IA. Jonathan James White was born December 16, 1967, at Bellflower, CA, the son of Ronald James "Jim" and Janice Dorothy Krummel White. He graduated from Griswold High School in the class of 1986 and worked for Dale Thornton...
Russell Dale Clark
Jul 18, 2010
Russell Dale Clark Russell Dale Clark, the son of Cloyd and Phyllis (Coleman) Clark, was born April 4, 1947 at Council Bluffs, Iowa and died July 18, 2010 at his home, on the family farm near Oakland, Iowa at the age of 63 years, 3 months, and 14 days. Russell attended school at Oakland, graduating with the class of 1965....
Cheryl Ann Keast
Jul 17, 2010
Cheryl Ann Keast Cheryl Keast passed July 17, 2010 at the age of 66. Cheryl was born January 13, 1944 to Nels and Gwen (Carter) Block Jr. in Harlan, IA. Cheryl was a 1962 graduate of Harlan Community Schools. After graduating, Cheryl moved to Omaha, NE and started working at Mutual of Omaha. On September 19, 1964 Cheryl was united...
Jean Elizabeth King
Jul 3, 2010
JEAN E. KING Jean Elizabeth King, the daughter of Allen and Edna (Swingle) Zimmerman, was born April 21, 1923 in Walnut Township near Lewis, IA and died July 3, 2010 at the Oakland Manor Nursing Home in Oakland, at the age of 87 years, 2 months, and 12 days. Jean attended school at Lincoln #8 country school before graduating from...
Paul Lehman
Jul 2, 2010
Paul D. Lehman, 51, of Griswold, IA died Friday, July 2, 2010 at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, IA. Paul Duane Lehman was born November 4, 1958 in Clarinda, IA, the son of Paul Francis and Maxine Isabelle (Belding) Lehman. He grew up in the Emerson, IA area and graduated from Nishna Valley High School in 1977. He...
Beverly A. Hudman
Jul 1, 2010
BEVERLY A. HUDMAN Beverly A. Hudman, the daughter of Gordon and Marie (McElroy) Landon was born May 2, 1928 at Del Rio, TX and died July 1, 2010 at the Oakland Manor Nursing Home in Oakland at the age of 82 years. Beverly enjoyed gardening, doing crafts, sewing, and spending time with her family. Beverly is preceded in death by...
Mark Johnson
Jul 1, 2010
Mark Eugene Johnson, 52, of Omaha, NE died Thursday afternoon, July 1, 2010, at the Nebraska Methodist Hospital in Omaha. Mark was born at Unionville, MO, on August 19, 1957, the son of Billy Hugh and Betty Mae (LaFollette) Johnson. They moved to Griswold and Mark graduated from Griswold High School in 1975. Following graduation, he married Chris Shaver at...
Loren Franklin Kearney
Jun 24, 2010
LOREN FRANKLIN KEARNEY Loren Franklin Kearney, the son of Frank William and Mona Mae (Bates) Kearney, was born October 5, 1926 at Oakland, Iowa and died June 24, 2010 at his home in Oakland, at the age of 83 years, 8 months, and 19 days. Loren attended country school and then graduated from Oakland High School with the class of...
Anne Tomlinson
Jun 23, 2010
Anne Marie Tomlinson, the daughter of King and Hazel (Lowers) Tomlinson, was born November 26, 1938 in Atlantic, IA and died June 23, 2010 at the Cass County Memorial Hospital on Atlantic, IA at the age of 71 years. Anne lived in Atlantic for a before moving to New York at a young age. Anne returned to Iowa, living in...
John P. Taylor
Jun 19, 2010
John Phillip Taylor John Phillip Taylor, the son of Glenn and Alice (Verner) Taylor, was born June 22, 1933 at Council Bluffs, IA and died June 19, 2010 at the Jennie Edmundson Hospital in Council Bluffs, IA at the age of 76 years, 11 months, and 28 days. John lived on a farm near Carson, IA where he attended country...
Paul W. Leaders
Jun 17, 2010
PAUL WILLARD LEADERS Paul Willard Leaders, the son of Irvin and Bertha (Schroeder) Leaders, was born July 18, 1920 on a farm south of Minden, IA and passed away June 17, 2010 on the family farm near Oakland, IA at the age of 89 years, 10 months, and 30 days. Paul was baptized into the Christian faith in infancy. On...
Robert Charles Putnam
Jun 15, 2010
Robert Charles Putnam Robert "Bob" Charles Putnam, the son of Roy and Violett (Huffman) Putnam, was born December 2, 1940 at Lincoln, NE and died June 15, 2010 at his home in Oakland at the age of 69 years, 6 months, and 13 days. Bob moved to Oakland when he was five years old. He attended school at Oakland and...
Larry D. Keast
May 27, 2010
Larry D. Keast Larry D. Keast, age 71, died May 27, 2010 at his home in Osseo, MN. A long time resident of the Carson-Macedonia area, Larry was born in Macedonia on May 20, 1939 to Oscar and Olive Keast. He graduated from Carson High School in 1957 and then joined the Marines. Larry married Juanita White on March 6,...
