Grinna, Esther L. (Nesset) 1924 - 2016

GRINNA, NESSET, LAWSTON, YOUNGS, METZIG, GARRISON, KITTLESON, EGGLESTON, YOUNT

Posted By: Joy Moore (email)
Date: 3/11/2016 at 16:58:08

Esther L. Grinna, age 91, of Decorah, IA, died Saturday, February 27, 2016 at Barthell O.E.S. Home in Decorah.

Memorial Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Friday, April 1, 2016 at Decorah Lutheran Church in Decorah with Rev. David Sorenson officiating.

Friends may visit with the family beginning at 10:00 a.m. Friday, one hour before the service, at the church.

Esther is survived by her son, Steve (Kim) Grinna of Decorah; her daughter, Susan (Steve) Youngs of Webster, NH; and 12 grandchildren: Brittany (Charles) Metzig, Blake, Thea, Nora, and Merike Youngs, Grant, Sierra, Moriah, Garrison, Stella, Sophia and Angelica Grinna. She is also survived by many nieces and nephews.

Source: Fjelstul Funeral Home database

A more complete obituary was posted in the Decorah Newspaper, March 28, 2016:

Esther L. Grinna, 91, of Decorah, died Saturday, Feb. 27, 2016, at Barthell O.E.S. Home in Decorah. Memorial services are at 11 a.m. Friday, April 1, at Decorah Lutheran Church in Decorah, with Rev. Charis Combs-Lay officiating. Friends may visit with the family beginning at 10 a.m. Friday, one hour before the service, at the church. Fjelstul Funeral Home in Decorah is serving the family. Online condolences may be made at fjelstul.com.
Esther Lucille (Nesset) Grinna was born Nov. 13, 1924, in Leeds, N.D., to Blanche A. (Lawston) Nesset and Alfred O. Nesset. She graduated from Leeds (ND) High School in 1942, and graduated from Luther College in 1946. Esther was united in marriage with Alden Theodore Grinna May 17, 1949, in West Clermont Lutheran Church, Clermont. They were blessed with four children: Mary (died soon after birth in 1950), Mary Lynn, Susan and Stephen. She worked as the secretary to the editor of the Decorah Newspapers for a number of years. She also worked for many years at Luther College, in the business office, where she supplied her children, nieces and nephews with a listening ear, lots of advice, and candy when they stopped by her office. After retirement, she volunteered at several places, including Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum and Northeast Iowa Community Action Corporation.

Esther is survived by two children, Susan (Steve) Youngs of Webster, N.H. and Steve (Kim) Grinna of Decorah; 12 grandchildren: Brittany (Charles) Metzig, Blake (Stephanie) Leisinger; Thea, Nora and Merike Youngs; Grant, Sierra, Moriah, Garrison, Sophia, Stella and Angelica Grinna; five great-grandchildren: Gus, Henry and Asher Metzig, McKinley and Elijah Leisinger; one sister, Elsie Kittleson, of Decorah; and by many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Alden, Oct. 5, 2014; a baby girl in infancy, in 1950; her daughter, Mary Yount, Jan. 12, 2007; and her sister, Ruth Eggleston.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials be given to Luther College, c/o Development Office, 700 College Drive, Decorah, IA 52101 or Decorah Lutheran Church, 309 Winnebago Street, Decorah, IA 52101.