Mary Maude (Houston) Griffith (1980)

BOCK, CUNNINGHAM, GRIFFITH, HOUSTON, LUKE, SMITH

Posted By: Mary Welty Hart
Date: 12/29/2005 at 10:50:28

Des Moines Tribune
Des Moines, Iowa
Tuesday, April 1, 1980

Mary Griffith
The Tribune's Iowa News Service

Winterset, Ia. - Services for Mrs. Mary Griffith, 60, longtime Winterset resident who died Sunday at her home, will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at St. Joseph Catholic Church here.

She is survived by her husband, Paul; a son; two daughters, including Linda Smith of Des Moines; four grandchildren; a brother, Franklin Houston of Des Moines, and a sister.

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Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
April 2, 1980

Mary H. Griffith Rites Wednesday

Mary H. Griffith, a life-long resident of Madison County, died Sunday, March 30, 1980, at her home in Winterset at the age of 60.

Born on May 4, 1919, in St. Charles, she was the daughter of Harry T. and Kathryn T. Luke Houston. She was united in marriage to Paul L. Griffith on Oct. 30, 1940, in Winterset. Mrs. Griffith was a member of St. Joseph's Altar and Rosary Society and the Third Order of St. Francis.

Surviving are her husband Paul; three children, Phillip L. Griffith of Steamboat Village, Colo.; Linda J. Smith of Des Moines and Shirley Cunningham of rural Winterset; four grandchildren; a brother, Franklin Houston of Des Moines; and a sister, Arnetha Bock of St. Charles. She was preceded in death by her parents and a brother, Richard.

A rosary was held at 7:30 p.m. Apr. 1 at Collins Funeral Home. Funeral Services were at 10 A.M. Wed. Apr. 2, at St. Joseph's Catholic Church with Father Gene Cunningham officiating. Burial was at the Winterset Cemetery.
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Transcriber Note: Middle name taken from Madison County Birth Records.

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