OBITUARIES
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...
Kenneth Erickson
Dec 22, 2008
Kenneth Erickson, 83, of Griswold died Monday, December 22, 2008, at Jennie Edmundson Memorial Hospital in Council Bluffs. R. Kenneth Erickson was born at Essex, IA, on April 24, 1925, the son of Edwin and Elizabeth (Pearson) Erickson. He attended schools at Essex and graduated from there. Following graduation he worked on the family farm. On February 24, 1946, he...
Richard Rudig
Dec 7, 2008
Richard Rudig, 75, of Council Bluffs, IA, formerly of Griswold and Walnut, IA, died Sunday morning, December 7, 2008 at Midlands Living Center in Council Bluffs. Richard Daniel Rudig was born at Griswold, IA, on September 30, 1933, the son of Albert and Emma (Rawlings) Rudig. He graduated from Atlantic High School in 1952. He entered the military and spent...
Marjorie Bates
Dec 5, 2008
Marjorie Bates, 85, of Griswold, passed away Friday, December 5, 2008, at University of Nebraska Hospital in Omaha, Nebraska. Marjorie Maxine Hummel was born December 25, 1922, to William Howard and Gladys Glee (Turner) Hummel at Oakland, Iowa. She attended Oakland schools graduating in 1940 and on June 6, 1940 was united in marriage to Lyle Mayne Bates at the...
Carl Johnson
Nov 28, 2008
Carl M. Johnson, 88, of Luther Manor in Dubuque, IA, formerly of Lincoln, Nebraska and Atlantic IA, died Friday, November 28, 2008, at Luther Manor Nursing Home. Memorial Services were held Saturday, December 6, at 2:30 p.m. at Luther Manor Nursing Home in Dubuque. Graveside services were held at Griswold Cemetery, on Sunday, December 7 at 1:30 p.m. with military...
Effie Mewhirter
Nov 23, 2008
Effie Mewhirter, 100, of Atlantic and formerly of Elliott, IA, died Sunday morning, November 23, 2008, at the Heritage House in Atlantic. Effie Susanna Maxell was born in Pilot Grove Township, Montgomery County, rural Stanton, IA, on August 11, 1908, the daughter of John Albin and Anna Wilhelmina (Hult) Maxell. She was baptized and confirmed at Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church,...
G. Lorraine Porter
Nov 18, 2008
Lorraine Porter, 86, of Griswold, IA, died Tuesday evening, November 18, 2008, at Creighton University Medical Center in Omaha, NE. Greta Lorraine Tye was born in Wright Township, Pottawattamie County, rural Griswold on March 13, 1922, the daughter of Maynard LeRoy and Greta Cecilia (Smith) Tye. She attended rural schools and graduated from Griswold High School in 1940. On July...
Dorothy Willms
Nov 10, 2008
Dorothy Willms, 86, of Red Oak, IA, formerly of Griswold, IA, died early Monday morning, November 10, 2008 at the Montgomery County Memorial Hospital in Red Oak. Dorothy Jean Whitsitt was born on August 24, 1922, at Oakland, IA, the daughter of Noah Benjamin and Rosa (Waser) Whitsitt. She attended schools at Oakland graduating in the class of 1939. On...
L. Harvey Petersen
Nov 1, 2008
Harvey Petersen, 82, longtime resident of Griswold, IA, died Saturday afternoon, November 1, 2008 at the Jennie Edmundson Memorial Hospital in Council Bluffs, IA. Loren Harvey Petersen was born in Atlantic, IA, on May 29, 1926, the son of Chris H. and Gertrude Emily (Lile) Petersen. He grew up in Atlantic and graduated from Atlantic High School in 1943. He...
Donald "Don" Steffen
Oct 21, 2008
Donald B. "Don" Steffen, 87, of Griswold, IA, died Tuesday morning, October 21, 2008, at the Griswold Care Center in Griswold where he had been a resident since June 5th. Donald Bill Steffen was born in Noble Township, rural Griswold on February 1, 1921, the son of William and Emma Louise (Schreiber) Steffen. He attended rural schools in Bear Grove...
Alice Shellberg
Oct 10, 2008
Alice Catherine Shellberg, the daughter of Alphonse and Frances (Haas) Quinn, was born at Griswold, IA on April 9, 1912 and died October 10, 2008 at the Montgomery County Memorial Hospital in Red Oak, IA at the age of 96 years, 6 months, and 1 day. Alice attended school at Griswold, graduating with the class of 1928. On March 3,...
