Hazel Mae (Hodson) GREIMAN

GREIMAN, HODSON, ANDERSON, HARTWIG, MUHM, PETERSON, GJERDE, AUSTIN

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 7/10/2010 at 16:19:21

The Garner Leader & Signal -- Iowa
March 16, 2005

Hazel M. Greiman, 90, of Garner, died on Friday, March 11, 2005, at the Good Samaritan Center in Forest City. Funeral services were held on Monday, March 14, at the Zion Evangelical and Reformed Church in Garner with the Rev. Darrell Weber officiating. Music was provided by organist, Margaret Jass who accompanied congregational hymns. Casket bearers were Celine Hartwig, Amy Peterson, Paul Austin, Brad Muhm, Andrew Hartwig and Brad Peterson. Burial was in the Concord Township Cemetery, Garner. The Cataldo Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.

Hazel Mae Greiman, the daughter of Charles and Anna (Anderson) Hodson, was born on November 18, 1914 at Earlham. She attended the rural schools of Hancock County. On December 11, 1937, she was married to Laurence Greiman at Garner. They farmed in the Klemme and Garner area. In 1951, they moved into Klemme and a year later to Garner. In February of 2004, Hazel and Laurence became residents of the Good Samaritan Center in Forest City. Hazel enjoyed gardening, canning and cooking. She was a member of the Zion Evangelical Church, Zion Women's Fellowship, the Garner Senior Citizens and Grandmothers Club.

Hazel is survived by her husband, Laurence; her two children, Bill (Liela) Greiman of Santa Rosa, California and Janice (Tim) Hartwig of Boone; three grandchildren, Sonja (Brad) Muhm of Garner, Andrew (Celine) Hartwig of Iowa City and Amy (Brad) Peterson of Ankeny; three great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents; three sisters, Helen Gjerde, Lois Austin and Eva Anderson; and three brothers, Howard, Ralph and Donald Hodson.