GRIFFITHS, Mary Delle WASSON 1931 - 2022
GRIFFITHS, WASSON, TURPIN, MADDIX, STRIEGLE, PHILIPS, BELVILLE, TILL, BONEY, LANMAN, SYLVESTER
Posted By: Joey Stark
Date: 4/3/2022 at 12:12:55
"Southeast Iowa Union / Fairfield Ledger"
Monday, March 28, 2022
Page 6, Column 1MARY DELLE WASSON GRIFFITHS
LibertyvilleMary Delle WASSON GRIFFITHS, 91, passed away Friday, March 25, 2022.
Visitation for family and friends will be 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., Tuesday, March 29, 2022, at Behner Funeral Home.
Funeral service will be 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, March 30, 2022, at Behner Funeral Home with Pastor Danny Cary officiating. Burial will follow the service in Fell Cemetery, Libertyville, IA.
Memorials may be made to Old Threshers, Bras for a Cause or Faith United Methodist Church, Libertyville. They may be mailed to Sondra PHILIPS, 31609 130th Avenue, Hedrick, IA 52563.
Mary was born January 17, 1931, in Jefferson County to Aaron and Lorraine (TURPIN) MADDIX. She married Alva WASSON on April 12, 1949, in Kahoka, Missouri. He passed away on February 15, 1996. Mary was blessed to find love again and married Harold GRIFFITHS on September 8, 2002, in Libertyville.
Mary graduated from Libertyville High School in 1948 and was a longtime resident of Libertyville. She worked at Parkview Care Center for 25 years as a CNA. Mary was a wonderful cook and was known for her homemade noodles, pies and German chocolate cake. She was a member of the VFW and Eagles. Mary loved going to auctions and collected anything shinny (sic). She went many years to Old Threshers to camp and show her tractor. She also enjoyed going to Blue Grass Festival. Mary had an interest in horses and took many rides in a wagon being pulled by horses. She also took many tractor rides around Iowa and caravans to Des Moines.
Mary will be missed by her husband, Harold of Bloomfield; children, Deborah (Kenneth) STRIEGLE of Ollie, Donald (Gloria) WASSON of Libertyville and Sondra (Dennis) PHILIPS of Hedrick; nine grandchildren, Gretchen (Bobby) BELVILLE, Kierston TILL, Morgan (John) BONEY, Hilary (Matt) LANMAN, Isaac WASSON, Michael WASSON, Cohen (Alyssa) PHILIPS, Keaton (Sloan) PHILIPS and Allie (Tyler) SYLVESTER; six great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Aaron and Lorraine; husband, Alva WASSON; and two brothers, Vern and Von MADDIX.
Online condolences may be made to the family at behnerfh.com.
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