Jennie Grimm, 13 Dec 1918 – 30 Mar 2013
GRIMM, CRAWFORD, SCHWAB, HERDLISKA, EDWARDS, LINSCHEID, WADE, HERDLICKA, KNIPFER, POPE, FRY, MARKWELL, COX
Posted By: Sandy Ficken (email)
Date: 4/8/2013 at 15:09:30
Jennie Grimm, 94
Funeral service for Jennie Grimm, 94, North English, was held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, April 3, at the North English Christian Church. She died peacefully Saturday, March 30, 2013, at Mercy Hospice, Iowa City.
Burial was in the North English Cemetery.
A memorial fund has been established for the North English Christan Church, the English Valley Care Center and Mercy Hospice, Iowa City.
Powell Funeral Home and Cremation Service, North English, was in charge of arrangements. Messages and tributes may be left at www.powellfuneralhomes.com .
Jennie Grimm was born Dec. 13, 1918, in Oxford, the daughter of Robert W. and Caroline Schwab Crawford. She grew up in the Holbrook-Parnell area. She received her education in the Holbrook Community School through the seventh grade and then graduated from Parnell High School in 1937.
She married Charles Don Herdliska June 2, 1937, at the Christian Church parsonage, North English. They lived on a farm north of North English until his death in 1966.
She moved to North English and worked at the variety store for eight years.
She married Raymond Grimm Dec. 18, 1974, in Lancaster, Mo. They lived on a farm west of North English and worked at Grimm Real Estate and Insurance office until retiring in 1990.
Grimm is survived by two sons, James and Betty Herdliska, Erskine, Minn., and Ron and Linda Herdliska, Solon; two stepdaughters, Verna Jean and Ivan Edwards, Pella, and Cheryl and Clayton Linscheid, Sterling, Ill.; three stepsons, Ronald and Janice Grimm, Deep River; Darryl and Peggy, rural Williamsburg, and Alan and Vicky, North English; 19 grandchildren; 32 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; two sisters, Joan Wade and Shirley Herdlicka, both North English; two brothers-in-law, Frank Knipfer and Max Wade, both North English; a special sister-in-law, Ruby Pope, North English, and many nieces, nephews, friends and neighbors.
She was preceded in death by both husbands; her parents; brothers, Arden and Forde; sisters, Annette Fry, Lucille Markwell, Delores Knipfer and Mary Cox, and one stepgrandson.
The Williamsburg Journal Tribune, Iowa County Obituaries, 4 Apr 2013
Published April 1, 2013 in The Gazette
The English Valleys Star, 03 Apr 2013
Iowa Obituaries maintained by Steve Williams.
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