Greiner, Lyman Wade (1911-2005)

GREINER, DOOLITTLE, HOBSON, FLEMING, NAIL

Posted By: Debbie Greenfield (email)
Date: 2/18/2022 at 10:43:46

Daily Freeman Journal
Webster City, Iowa
Thursday, July 7, 2005

Lyman W. Greiner, 94, of Blairsburg, died Tuesday, July 5, 2005 at Crestview Senior Living. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday at the United Church of Christ - Congregational at Blairsburg, with Rev. John Wilson officiating. Burial will be in the Liberty Center Cemetery at a later date. Visitation will be at the Foster Funeral and Cremation Center from 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Friday and at the church after 9:00 a.m. Saturday. Masonic services will be held at 7:30 p.m. at Fosters on Friday.

Lyman Wade Greiner, son of Charles and Effie Doolittle Greiner, was born February 8, 1911 on a farm south of the Rose Grove Church in Liberty Township. For his first six years, he lived at Lakefield, MN. In 1917, the family moved to a farm southwest of Blairsburg. He attended Blairsburg Consolidated School, Cedar Falls Teachers College and Iowa State College. He taught for a short time in Hamilton and Wright counties. On January 2, 1938 he married Violet Frances Hobson at Maryville, MO. The couple resided at Webster City. Later they resided at Independence for two years, where he worked at a cooperative oil company. In 1942, they started farming southwest of Blairsburg (the Gold Coin Farm), retiring in 1986 to Story City. In 1985, the farm became an Iowa Century farm. Mrs. Greiner died March 31, 1991. He moved to Crestview Senior Living in August of 2004.

Mr. Greiner is survived by sons and daughters-in-law, Charles and Nancy Greiner of Nevada; Thomas and Joan of Ames; Lyle and Trudie Greiner of Des Moines; 14 grandchildren; 24 great-grandchildren; 2 great-great-granddaughters; sisters, Hester Fleming of Boise, ID; Ruby Nail of Webster City; brothers, Loren Greiner of Emmettsburg; Glenn Greiner of Story City; Esley Greiner of Chino Valley, CA; a special friend, LaVonne Grove of Jewell; several nieces and nephews.

In addition to his wife, he was preceded in death by a daughter-in-law, Judy Greiner in 1977; granddaughter, Rachel Regina Greiner in 1975 and his parents.

He was a member of the United Church of Christ - Congregational at Blairsburg, a Sunday School teacher, F.H.A. County Committee member, A.S.C. Committee member, Liberty Township Trustee, Cooperative board for 21 years, I.O.O.F. of Blairsburg, Kohinoor Masonic Lodge #576 A.F. and A.M. of Story City, Williams Lions Club, past president of the Cooperative Telephone Company and the couple served as Farmers and World Affairs ambassadors to India.

The family wishes to offer special thanks to Hospice for their wonderful care.