Grace Cornelia Ward Raabe 1919-2007

RAABE, WARD, IRVINE, GORDON, SHRINER, TROWER

Posted By: Sharon K Hesebeck (email)
Date: 11/19/2014 at 14:24:30

Grace Cornelia Raabe
October 3, 1919 - July 2, 2007
Born: October 3, 1919
Died: July 2, 2007
Age: 87

SERVICES
Funeral Services will be 11:00 a.m., Saturday, July 7, 2007, at the St. Peter Lutheran Church in Ocheyedan, Iowa.
OFFICIATING
Rev. Russell Anderson

Interment
Ocheyedan Township Cemetery
Ocheyedan, Iowa

Grace Cornelia Raabe, the daughter of Clark and Mary Irvine Ward, was born on October 3, 1919, on the family farm near Ocheyedan, IA. She received her early education in Ocheyedan.

On June 28, 1941, Grace married Albert (Pat)Raabe in Primghar, IA. They lived and farmed in the Ochedeyan and Sibley area until 1972 when they moved to and retired in Ocheyedan.

In more recent years, she moved to Oak Haven Care Facility in Spirit Lake, IA, in 1976, and Longhouse/Northshire in Spencer, IA, in 2004. Grace had a special talent to grow African violets and then shared the starter plants with others. She enjoyed keeping in contact with family and friends by writing letters and sending cards.

Grace passed away July 2, 2007, at Northshire at the age of 87.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, in 1973; grandson, Neil Gordon; and three brothers: Elmer, Arthur and Oliver and Ward.

Family who will cherish her memory are her two daughters: Rose Gordon and her husband, LaVern of Cedar Rapids, IA, and Harriet Sam Shriner and her husband, Jim of Spencer, IA; two granddaughters: Christine Gordon of Des Moines, IA and Gail Shriner of Phoenix, AZ; one sister, Gladys Trower and her husband, Maurice of Topeka, KS; other relatives and many friends.

Warner Funeral Home of Spencer