James J. Griffin 1920-1998

GRIFFIN, WILGENBUSCH, OLBERDING, MCDERMOTT, SICHENEDER, WELTER, TIMMER

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Telegraph Herald (Dubuque, IA) - Thursday, November 12, 1998

FARLEY, Iowa - James J. Griffin, 77, 209 Fifth St., S.E., Farley, died at 3:55 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 10, 1998, at Mercy Health Center St. Joseph's Unit, Dubuque.

Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Farley, with burial in the church cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 9 p.m. Thursday at Reiff Funeral Home, Farley, where there will be a St. Joseph's Parish rosary at 4 p.m., a Knights of Columbus rosary at 7 p.m., and a wake service at 8 p.m.

Mr. Griffin farmed his entire life in the rural Farley area.

He was born on Dec. 8, 1920, in Farley, son of Thomas David and Agnes (Wilgenbusch) Griffin. He married Catherine M. Olberding on Oct. 14, 1946, at St. Francis Xavier Basilica, Dyersville.

He was a graduate of the former St. Joseph's High School, Farley. He served as a township clerk for Taylor Township in Dubuque County for several years. He was a member of the Farley Knights of Columbus Council 2001, where he served as council recorder; a 4th Degree Dubourg Assembly Council 1573; and St. Joseph's Parish, Farley.

Surviving are his wife, Catherine Griffin, of Farley; two sons, Larry (Ruth) Griffin, of Dubuque, and Allan (Colleen) Griffin, of Farley; two daughters, Dianne (Lloyd) McDermott, of Epworth, and Marilyn (Greg) Sicheneder, of Mound, Minn.; 16 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren; and a sister, Mary (Carl) Welter, of Epworth.

He was preceded in death by his parents; two sisters, Bernice Griffin and Leona Timmer; and a brother, T. Joseph Griffin.

A James J. Griffin Memorial Fund has been established.