Herbert N. Ries 1915-2006

RIES, ELENZ, SABERS, THOLANDER, FELTON, BESLER, DEMAR, GASSMAN, BIERMANN, STEFFEN, LINEBAUGH, BRUNSMANN

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Telegraph Herald (Dubuque, IA) - Wednesday, September 27, 2006

DYERSVILLE, Iowa - Herbert N. Ries, 91, of 1219 Fourth St. SW, Dyersville, passed away on Monday, Sept. 25, 2006.

Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at St. Francis Xavier Basilica, with the Rev. Phil Kruse and the Rev. Carl Ries officiating. Burial will be in St. Francis Xavier Cemetery, Dyersville. Friends may call from 2 to 9 p.m. Thursday at Kramer Funeral Home, Dyersville, where there will be a parish scripture service at 4 p.m.

Mr. Ries was employed at the former Allyn Hardware Store in Greeley and farmed until his retirement in 1977.

He was born on June 14, 1915, in New Vienna, son of John and Barbara (Elenz) Ries. He attended country school near New Vienna.

He married Alvina Sabers on Jan. 2, 1940, in New Vienna. They lived on the family farm south of Greeley for 53 years until moving to Dyersville in 1997.

Herbert was a member of the Oneida School Board and The Men's Holy Name Society at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Greeley. He also was a board member of the Greeley Creamery.

Surviving are his wife of 66 years, Alvina; eight children, Lou Ann Hutchinson, of Georgetown, Ky., Gerald (Betty) Ries and Harold (Dianna) Ries, both of Earlville, Ethel Tholander, of Norfolk, Va., Gladys (Dennis) Felton and Sharon (Bruce) Besler, both of Dyersville, Karon (Joe) DeMar, of North Liberty, and Jane (Kevin) Linebaugh, of Broken Arrow, Okla.; 22 grandchildren, 36 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren; a brother, Arthur (Louise) Ries, of New Vienna; and four sisters, Loretta Brunsmann, of Dyersville, Alma Brunsmann and Berniece (Frances) Gassman, both of Manchester, and Esther Steffen, of Edgewood.

He was preceded in death by his parents; a sister, Dorothy (Ray) Biermann; three brothers, Vincent (Mercedes) Ries, Clarence Ries and Alphonse (Gertrude) Ries; a son-in-law, Eugene Rodney Hutchinson; a great-grandchild, Ian Joseph Felton; and several nieces and nephews.

Memorials are preferred.

Online condolences may be left for the family at www.kramerfuneral.com.