S/O NEAL & IDA MAY BUTTS. H/O ELSIE CAMPBELL.∼
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ONAWA, Iowa -- Ben John Grandgenett, 84, Onawa, Iowa, died Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2005, at Pleasant View Care Center in Whiting, Iowa.
Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Friday at First Christian Church in Onawa, with the Rev. Dennis Olsen officiating. Burial will be in Onawa Cemetery. Visitation will be 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday, with the family present 6 to 8 p.m., and a prayer service at 7 p.m., at Rush Family Care Service in Onawa.
Ben was born Dec. 23, 1920, at Pisgah, Iowa, the son of Nealy and Ida (Butts) Grandgenett. He lived his life in the area, working in Moorhead, Soldier, Sloan and Onawa, Iowa.
He married Elsie Campbell in February 1946. To this union, two daughters were born.
Ben loved life, especially children, serving as custodian in the West Monona Schools for nearly 20 years. He enjoyed baseball, gardening, his home, his Heavenly Father and his loving family.
He leaves to mourn his wife, Elsie, of 59 years; two daughters, Thelma Grandgenett of Altoona, Iowa, Cathy (Dennis) Lawrence of Onawa; three grandsons, Dennis Lawrence Jr., Jeff Lawrence and Barry John Grandgenett; four great-grandchildren, Benjamin, Taylor, Ian and Max Lawrence, and another expected in March; two sisters, Frances Thompson of Onawa and Ruth Young of Flatwood, Ky.; two brothers, Harlan and Otis of Onawa; and many nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
February 10, 2005 12:00 am
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ONAWA, Iowa -- Ben John Grandgenett, 84, Onawa, Iowa, died Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2005, at Pleasant View Care Center in Whiting, Iowa.
Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Friday at First Christian Church in Onawa, with the Rev. Dennis Olsen officiating. Burial will be in Onawa Cemetery. Visitation will be 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday, with the family present 6 to 8 p.m., and a prayer service at 7 p.m., at Rush Family Care Service in Onawa.
Ben was born Dec. 23, 1920, at Pisgah, Iowa, the son of Nealy and Ida (Butts) Grandgenett. He lived his life in the area, working in Moorhead, Soldier, Sloan and Onawa, Iowa.
He married Elsie Campbell in February 1946. To this union, two daughters were born.
Ben loved life, especially children, serving as custodian in the West Monona Schools for nearly 20 years. He enjoyed baseball, gardening, his home, his Heavenly Father and his loving family.
He leaves to mourn his wife, Elsie, of 59 years; two daughters, Thelma Grandgenett of Altoona, Iowa, Cathy (Dennis) Lawrence of Onawa; three grandsons, Dennis Lawrence Jr., Jeff Lawrence and Barry John Grandgenett; four great-grandchildren, Benjamin, Taylor, Ian and Max Lawrence, and another expected in March; two sisters, Frances Thompson of Onawa and Ruth Young of Flatwood, Ky.; two brothers, Harlan and Otis of Onawa; and many nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
S/O NEAL & IDA MAY BUTTS. H/O ELSIE CAMPBELL.∼
February 10, 2005 12:00 am
0
ONAWA, Iowa -- Ben John Grandgenett, 84, Onawa, Iowa, died Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2005, at Pleasant View Care Center in Whiting, Iowa.
Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Friday at First Christian Church in Onawa, with the Rev. Dennis Olsen officiating. Burial will be in Onawa Cemetery. Visitation will be 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday, with the family present 6 to 8 p.m., and a prayer service at 7 p.m., at Rush Family Care Service in Onawa.
Ben was born Dec. 23, 1920, at Pisgah, Iowa, the son of Nealy and Ida (Butts) Grandgenett. He lived his life in the area, working in Moorhead, Soldier, Sloan and Onawa, Iowa.
He married Elsie Campbell in February 1946. To this union, two daughters were born.
Ben loved life, especially children, serving as custodian in the West Monona Schools for nearly 20 years. He enjoyed baseball, gardening, his home, his Heavenly Father and his loving family.
He leaves to mourn his wife, Elsie, of 59 years; two daughters, Thelma Grandgenett of Altoona, Iowa, Cathy (Dennis) Lawrence of Onawa; three grandsons, Dennis Lawrence Jr., Jeff Lawrence and Barry John Grandgenett; four great-grandchildren, Benjamin, Taylor, Ian and Max Lawrence, and another expected in March; two sisters, Frances Thompson of Onawa and Ruth Young of Flatwood, Ky.; two brothers, Harlan and Otis of Onawa; and many nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
February 10, 2005 12:00 am
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ONAWA, Iowa -- Ben John Grandgenett, 84, Onawa, Iowa, died Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2005, at Pleasant View Care Center in Whiting, Iowa.
Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Friday at First Christian Church in Onawa, with the Rev. Dennis Olsen officiating. Burial will be in Onawa Cemetery. Visitation will be 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday, with the family present 6 to 8 p.m., and a prayer service at 7 p.m., at Rush Family Care Service in Onawa.
Ben was born Dec. 23, 1920, at Pisgah, Iowa, the son of Nealy and Ida (Butts) Grandgenett. He lived his life in the area, working in Moorhead, Soldier, Sloan and Onawa, Iowa.
He married Elsie Campbell in February 1946. To this union, two daughters were born.
Ben loved life, especially children, serving as custodian in the West Monona Schools for nearly 20 years. He enjoyed baseball, gardening, his home, his Heavenly Father and his loving family.
He leaves to mourn his wife, Elsie, of 59 years; two daughters, Thelma Grandgenett of Altoona, Iowa, Cathy (Dennis) Lawrence of Onawa; three grandsons, Dennis Lawrence Jr., Jeff Lawrence and Barry John Grandgenett; four great-grandchildren, Benjamin, Taylor, Ian and Max Lawrence, and another expected in March; two sisters, Frances Thompson of Onawa and Ruth Young of Flatwood, Ky.; two brothers, Harlan and Otis of Onawa; and many nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
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