Betty Louise Griess, 22 Aug 1927 - 13 Aug 2012

GRIESS, HAAS, OEHL, SHERMAN, FELS

Posted By: Sandy Ficken (email)
Date: 9/26/2012 at 14:49:21

Funeral services for Betty L. “B.L.” Griess, 84, Amana, were held at 10 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 16, at the Amana Community Church. She died Monday, Aug. 13, 2012, at her home.

Church elder Peter Hoehnle officiated at the service.

Burial was in the Amana Cemetery.

Memorials may be made to the Amana Church Society or Safe Haven of Iowa County.

Kloster Funeral Home, Marengo, was in charge of arrangements. Online condolences may be left at www.klosterfuneralhome.com.

Betty Louise Griess was born Aug. 22, 1927, in Amana, the daughter of John Henry and Louise Oehl Haas. She graduated from the Amana High School in 1946. She was employed at the Amana Woolen Mill in the salesroom and as a buyer for many years.

She married Theo W. Griess Oct. 20, 1956, at the Little Brown Church, Nashua. The couple had four children, Lewis, twins John and Joanne and Marie.

She was a wonderful homemaker. She loved to do jigsaw puzzles with her children and she worked crossword and word searches daily. She enjoyed nature and watched and fed the birds in her backyard. Her home was a gathering place for family and friends and the welcome sign was always out. She loved to cook meals for all who visited. She recognized treasures and loved going to auctions and antique shows. She was the original “American Picker.” “Hab auch die Welt die schonsten Stunden doch nur in meinem Heim gefunden.”

She was a member of the Amana Church Society.

She was a person of not wanting, but rather of giving. She cherished her time with the family, especially her grandchildren. She will be greatly missed by all who knew her.

Griess is survived by her children, Lewis, Cedar Rapids; Joanne Griess, Amana; John and Julie Griess, Williamsburg, and Marie Griess, Amana; two grandchildren, Connor Griess and Taylor Sherman, both North Liberty, and one sister, Mary Ann Fels, Amana.

She was preceded in death by her husband, in 1994; her parents; a stillborn grandson, Thaddaeus Logan Griess, and a brother-in-law, George Fels.

The Williamsburg Journal Tribune, Iowa County Obituaries, 23 Aug 2012, pg 11
Published in The Gazette Aug. 15, 2012, 8a