GREIMAN, Howard J. (1905-2004)

GREIMAN, GOLL, MICHELSON, MASQUELIER, SCHWABE, STILLE

Posted By: Pat Ludeke (email)
Date: 8/26/2013 at 09:26:09

HOWARD J. GREIMAN 1905 - 2004

Howard J. Greiman, 99, of Garner, died on Friday, December 10, 2004, at the Concord Care Center, Garner.

Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m., on Wednesday, at the Zion Evangelical and Reformed Church, with the Rev. Darrell Weber officiating. Music will be provided by organist, Margaret Jass who will accompany soloist, Loren Kalkwarf and congregational hymns.

Honorary bearers will be Herb Schubert and Curtis Greimann. Casket bearers will be Christopher Greiman, Arvil Stille, Daryl Greiman, Mark Smith, Chuck Greiman, Chuck Hughes, Joel Smith and Les Smith. Burial will be in the Concord Township Cemetery, Garner. Visitation will be held from 4-6:00 p.m., on Tuesday, at the Cataldo Funeral Home in Garner, and one hour prior to service time at the church.

Howard John Greiman, the son of George Henry and Christina "Nonie" Katherine (Goll) Greiman, was born on April 17, 1905, on the family farm south of Garner. He was baptized and confirmed at the Peace Reformed Church south of Garner. He attended country school at Liberty #6 for seven and one-half years until moving off the farm to Garner where he completed high school.

After graduating from the Garner High School, he worked for his father at the Greiman Ditcher Manufacturing Company. He later started his own drainage contracting business which he continued until he was in his early eighties. Howard also worked as a rural mail carrier for the U.S. Postal Service.

On December 18, 1937, he married Pauline Lucille Michelson of Crystal Lake at the Parsonage of the Peace Reformed Church. The couple had three sons, Terry, Harley and Gregory. In 1947, he and his partner, Emil Rekow, built and managed the Sports Bowl in Garner until it was sold. Howard was very devoted to his family, church and friends. He could always be counted upon to lend a hand where needed. His favorite pastimes included fishing, hunting and listening to or watching team sports.

He was a member of the Zion Evangelical and Reformed Church where he taught Sunday School, sang in the choir and served his church in many capacities. He was also a member of the Garner Rotary Club and was a board member and president of the Hancock County Historical Society.

He is survived by his wife, Pauline of Garner; two sons, Terry (Rita) Greiman of Bloomfield, New Mexico and Gregory Greiman of Garner; a daughter-in-law, Jeanne Masquelier Greiman of Penn Valley, California; two grandsons, Christopher (Tara) Greiman of Fairborn, Ohio and Paul Schwabe of San Francisco, California; a granddaughter, Jennifer Greiman of Albany, New York; two great-grandchildren, Tristyn and Hayden Greiman; and many nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents; a son, Harley Greiman; a grandson, Brenden Jon Greiman; four brothers, Marvin "Mike", Wilson "Willie", E.G. "Shorty" and Norman Greiman; and a sister, Dena Stille.