Kathleen Ann GREIMANN

GREIMANN, BARZ, BREMER, TROTTER, SIMON, SCHULTZ, VANESSEN, RENNER

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 11/25/2008 at 11:19:41

PRINSBURG, Minn. - Kathleen A. Greimann, 54, of Prinsburg, Minn., formerly of Klemme, Iowa, died Saturday (Nov. 22, 2008) at Rice Memorial Hospital in Willmar, Minn. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, Nov. 26, at Peace Reformed Church south of Garner with the Rev. Harvey Opp officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be held from 4 to 7 p.m., today at the Cataldo Funeral Chapel, 160 E. Fourth St., Garner, and will continue one hour prior to services at the church.

Kathleen Ann Greimann, the daughter of Eugene and Doris (Barz) Greimann, was born on Dec. 18, 1953, at Belmond. She was baptized and confirmed at Peace Reformed Church south of Garner. Kathy graduated from Klemme High School in 1972 and continued her education at Dordt College. After graduating from Dordt College in 1976, she moved to Oskaloosa and began her teaching career at the Oskaloosa School for Christian Instruction from 1976 to 1982. She then moved to Prinsburg, Minn., and taught first grade at Central Minnesota Christian School. Kathy is remembered by many family and friends as a dedicated teacher who loved her students. She enjoyed scrapbooking and remembering her family and friends with special gifts. Kathy often spoke of the supportive and encouraging community in Prinsburg. She was a member of Peace Reformed Church in Garner and was active in serving First Christian Reformed Church in Prinsburg. She belonged to the Christian Educators Association.

Kathy is survived by her parents, Eugene and Doris Greimann of Garner; brother, Lowell (Jennie) Greimann of Ames; two sisters, Janette (Arthur) Hoffman of Owatonna, Minn., and Janelle Bremer of Dyer, Ind.; nieces and nephews, Chad (Chris) Greimann, Blair (Angie) Greimann, Amy (Winston) Trotter, Michelle (Dale) Simon, Kelly (Brian) Schultz, Trent (Paula) Bremer and Janna (Darren) VanEssen; nineteen great-nieces and nephews and many students, fellow teachers and friends in the Prinsburg community. She was preceded in death by her sister-in-law, Jane Renner Greimann in 2006.

Memorials may be directed to Central Minnesota Christian School in Prinsburg, Minn. Cataldo Funeral Home.

Mason City Globe Gazette, Iowa
11/25/2008