Lida Augusta (Griffen) EENHUIS

EENHUIS, GRIFFEN, SCHLAWIN, PRESCOTT, ROISUM, ADAMS, OLTHOFF, STROUD

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 7/10/2010 at 12:12:56

Belmond Independent, Iowa
February 7, 2006

Lida Eenhuis, 89, Klemme, most recently a resident of Concord Care Center, Garner, died Jan. 31, 2006. Services were held Feb. 4 at Immanuel Reformed United Church of Christ in Klemme with Rev. Donna Buckman officiating. Burial was in Ell Township Cemetery, Klemme.

Lida Augusta was born February 25, 1916 at Klemme, the daughter of Louis and Emma (Schlawin) Griffen. She graduated from Klemme High School. Lida worked for a time at the Klemme Co-op. In addition, she did babysitting for various families. Lida married John W. Eenhuis November 9, 1939 at the Immanuel Reformed parsonage. They farmed west of Klemme for many years. John died in 1994. Lida was very much a family person. She received great joy in spending time with her children, grandchildren and extended family. She loved to sew and had taught many in her family how to sew. Lida was an excellent quilter. Family members will remember her wonderful baking. She enjoyed gardening and was very active in her church where she was a longtime member of the Quilter's Guild and the ladies circle.

Lida was preceded in death by her parents; husband; daughter Elaine Stroud; infant grandson Johnathan Prescott; and sisters Gladys Olthoff and Mabel Griffen. Survivors include her son James (Cindy) Eenhuis of Covington, GA, and their children and grandchildren Brian and Cindy Eenhuis and Taylor and Alexa, Bruce Eenhuis of Satellite Beach, FL, and Brad and Stephanie Eenhuis; daughter Rosalie (James) Prescott of Klemme, and their children and grandchildren Robert Prescott and Cody and Dylan, Jeffrey Prescott and Stephanie and Courtney, and David and Kristy Prescott and Sheila, Skylar and Dalton; daughter Marilyn (Robert) Roisum of O'Fallon, MO, and their children and grandchildren Ronda and Jonathan Hicks and Olivia, and Heather and DJ Adams and Nathan and Savannah.