Ruth S.Graybill 1897 - 1987

GRAYBILL, HEMSTREET, MOORE

Posted By: Viv Reeves (email)
Date: 1/20/2014 at 21:31:15

Onawa Democrat, Onawa, (Monona), Iowa, 29 Jan 1987:

RUTH S. GRAYBILL

Ruth S. Graybill, 90, Onawa, died January 21, 1987, at Burgess Memorial Hospital in Onawa after a brief illness.

She was born January 4, 1897, in Dunlap, Iowa, to James E. and Hanna Cornelia (Hemstreet) Moore. On November 25, 1924, she married Ivan M. Graybill at Logan, Iowa. They made their home on a farm north of Moorhead. She moved to Onawa in 1959. He died June 19, 1981, at Onawa.

She was baptized and joined the First Christian Church in Onawa on April 18, 1954. She remained a member of this church until her death.

Survivors include: one son, Bruce and his wife, Bonita of Moorhead; one daughter, Glenda Erlandson of Council Bluffs; one brother, Alfred Moore of Dunlap, Iowa; five grandchildren; and one great grandchild.

She was preceded in death by her parents; four brothers, Elmer, Lee, John, and Don Moore; and one sister, Mrs. Bessie Casperson.

Services were held at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, January 24, 1987, at the First Christian Church in Onawa with Rev. Jerry Quandt and Rev. Everett Epperson officiating. Mrs. Orland Ferris, the organist, played “Come Ye Thankful People, Come.”

Bearers were Wilbur Moore, Jerry Moore, Warren Moore, Don McDonald, Gale Moore and Eric Erlandson.

Interment was in the Onawa Cemetery with arrangements by the Pearson Funeral Home, Onawa, Iowa.

When sore beset, I seek some quite place
Some lonely room or barren, windswept hill
And there alone in silence wait until
I see the smile again upon God’s face.
I feel His presence fill me like the dawn
And hear once more his whispered, “Peace. Be Still.”
I know again the strength to do His will
I turn to take my load and find it gone.