OBITUARIES
Melvin Keyes
Oct 27, 2009
Melvin C. Keyes was born at Detroit, MI, on October 24, 1931 the son of Melvin and Edith Keyes. He grew up in Detroit and joined the Marines in 1949 and served until 1954. In 1955 he enlisted in the U.S. Air Force and retired in 1973. He served in both the Korean And Vietnam Wars and received the Bronze...
Thelma Kneisel
Oct 21, 2009
Thelma J. Kneisel, 82, of Omaha, NE, died Wednesday morning, October 21, 2009, at Nebraska Methodist Hospital. Thelma Jane Kneisel was born on April 4, 1927, in Brown County, Kansas, near Horton. She grew up there and when she left home she came to Atlantic, IA, and worked there for two years before moving to Omaha. She was employed first...
I. Darlyne Frazeur
Oct 20, 2009
Darlyne Frazeur, 92, of Red Oak, IA, formerly of Griswold, IA, died Tuesday morning, October 20, 2009 at the Montgomery County Memorial Hospital in Red Oak. Inez Darlyne Smith was born at Griswold on February 12, 1917, the daughter of George Raymond and Iva Charity (Potter) Smith. She graduated from Griswold High School in 1934 as valedictorian of her class....
Katherine Heesch
Oct 15, 2009
Katherine Heesch, 84, of Clarinda, IA, died Thursday afternoon, October 15, at the Clarinda Mental Health Institute where she had been a resident for the last 17 years. Katherine Anne Heesch was born in James Township, Pottawattamie County, rural Oakland, IA on January 3, 1925, the daughter of Jacob Markus and Anne Albertine (Dohrn) Heesch. She attended rural schools and...
Max H. Miller
Sep 15, 2009
Max H. Miller, 90, of Griswold, IA, died Tuesday morning, September 15, 2009, at the Montgomery County Memorial Hospital in Red Oak, IA. Max Harris Miller was born on October 31, 1918 in Noble Township, Cass County, rural Griswold, the son of Asa Arlinden and Lenora Marie (Harris) Miller. He grew up on the farm, attended rural schools and graduated...
Barbara Wilson
Aug 10, 2009
Barbara Regina Wilson was born on April 23, 1925, at Lone Tree Farm northwest of Elliott, IA, rural Pottawattamie County, the daughter of George Clement and Ada (Jennings) Wilson. She died August 10, 2009 at the Griswold Care Center at the age of 81 years. Barb graduated from Elliott High School in 1947 and attended business school in Council Bluffs....
Raymond Selders
Jul 12, 2009
Raymond H. "Ray" Selders, 83, of Griswold, IA, died Sunday afternoon, July 12, 2009, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, IA. Raymond was born at Akron, Colorado on October 1, 1925, the son of George Samuel and Ruth Viola (Lipp) Selders. He moved to Griswold in 1926. He attended rural schools and helped his dad on the farm....
Martha Cary
Jul 9, 2009
Martha Cary, 95, of Atlantic, IA, formerly of Griswold, died Thursday morning, July 9, 2009, at the Atlantic Nursing and Rehab Center in Atlantic. Martha Belle Harms was born on December 2, 1913 at Walt Hill, NE, the daughter of Fred and Mae (Pender) Harms. She attended schools at Van Meter, IA. On August 13, 1936, she married Ralph Don...
W. A. "Walt" Hokenstad
Jun 19, 2009
Walter A. Hokenstad, 104, former resident of Griswold, died June 10, 2009 at Freedom Plaza Care Center in Peoria, AZ. Walter Alvin Hokenstad, son of Norwegian pioneers Oben and Mary (Olson) Hokenstad, was born on July 28, 1904 in Sioux Falls, SD. Walter grew up in Sioux Falls and lived in Sioux Falls most of his first 45 years. He...
James Ramsey
Jun 15, 2009
James Ramsey, 64, of Grant, IA, died late Monday evening, June 15, 2009 at his home in Grant. James William Ramsey was born on August 7, 1944 at Leon, IA, the son of Everett Cleveland and Ada (Bergren) Ramsey. He attended school in Griswold and on January 24, 1961 married Connie Kay Sexton at Newton, IA. Jim drove over the...
Charles Rockwell
Jun 9, 2009
Funeral services for Charles L. Rockwell, age 84 of Albert Lea, MN, will be held on Friday, June 12, 2009 at 1:30 p.m. from the United Methodist Church in Albert Lea. Funeral services will be held in Griswold at the Griswold United Methodist Church on Saturday, June 13, 2009 at 1:30 PM, Pastor Leila Blackburn officiating. Burial will be at...
Kennith Halverson
May 30, 2009
Kennith F. Halverson, 73, of Exira, IA, died at the Audubon County Memorial Hospital in Audubon, IA, on Saturday, May 30, 2009. Kennith Frank Halverson was born at Omaha, NE, on June 6, 1935, the son of Frank and Doris (Barber) Halverson. He attended schools in Omaha and went to work for FBG Services Inc. (a commercial and janitorial building...
Patricia "Pat" Gwinn
May 25, 2009
Patricia "Pat" Gwinn, 67, of Griswold, IA, died Monday afternoon, May 25, 2009, at Creighton University Medical Center in Omaha, NE. Patricia Ann Mahaffey was born on December 26, 1941, the daughter of Virgil and Bonnie (Vajgrt) Mahaffey in Kansas City, MO. The family moved to Omaha when Pat was an infant and Pat graduated from South High School in...
Mildred Buboltz
May 13, 2009
Mildred Frances Buboltz, 89, passed away May 13, 2009, six days short of her 90th birthday, on the Buboltz family farm southeast of Lewis. Mildred, the daughter of Clarence Armstrong and Hester McCarty, was born on a farm southwest of Lewis on May 19, 1919. She attended a country school in Wright Township, Pottawattamie County through 8th grade and graduated...
Coryell "Corky" Dorsheimer
Mar 18, 2009
Coryell LeRoy Dorsheimer was born on January 16, 1919, in Pleasant Township, Cass County, rural Griswold, IA, the son of Frank Edward (Roy) and Cecil Mae (Chubick) Dorsheimer. He attended rural schools and graduated from Lewis High School in 1936. He entered the U.S. Army near the beginning of WWII and on February 7, 1942 was married to Lois Nadine...
Billy Johnson
Mar 17, 2009
Billy Johnson, 82, of Griswold, IA, died Tuesday morning, March 17, 2009, at the Atlantic Nursing and Rehab Center in Atlantic, IA, where he had been a resident for the last 11 days. Billy Hugh Johnson was born on January 23, 1927 at Centerville, IA, the son of Albert and Wilma (Rhodes) Johnson. He attended schools in Centerville and Des...
Agnes Keller
Mar 15, 2009
Agnes Keller, 70, of the Exira Care Center in Exira, IA, died Sunday evening March 15, 2009, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic. Agnes Cynthia Keller was born on June 4, 1938, at Atlantic, IA the daughter of Richard and Arlene Keller. At the age of 25 days, she entered the Glenwood State Hospital at Glenwood, IA where...
Phyllis Beebe
Feb 7, 2009
Phyllis Marlene Beebe, 69, of Griswold, IA, died Saturday morning, February 7, 2009, at Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic. Phyllis was born February 16, 1939 on the family farm near Cumberland, IA to Edward and Iona (Tietz) Hartmann. She was baptized and confirmed at St. John's Church near Lyman. Phyllis attended Sunnyside Country School and then graduated from Griswold...
Beatrice "Bea" Adams
Jan 24, 2009
Beatrice Adams, 90, of Avoca, IA, formerly of and long time resident of Griswold, IA, died Saturday afternoon, January 24, 2009, at the Avoca Nursing and Rehab Center. Beatrice Ethel Hines was born on May 30, 1918, in Adams County, rural Grant, IA, the daughter of Roy H. and M. Estella (Curry) Hines. When Bea was very young, her mother...
Ethel Botts
Jan 5, 2009
Ethel J. Botts, 99, of Red Oak, IA, formerly of the Elliott and Grant vicinities, died early Monday morning, January 5, 2009, at the Good Samaritan Center in Red Oak. Ethel Josephine Curry was born on June 18, 1909 at rural Grant, IA, the daughter of William Riley and Carrie D. (Embree) Curry. She attended schools at Grant and on...
