Mary Eva Griffin

Mary Griffin MORNING SUN, Iowa #45;- Mary Eva Griffin, 70, Morning Sun, died Monday, Oct. 7, 2002, at the Morning Sun Care Center. Services are 11 a.m. Thursday at the United Methodist Church, Morning Sun. The Rev. Chris Thomas will officiate. Musical selections will be provided by organist Geneva Samuels and vocalist James Dilts. Honorary pallbearers are Janice Pobuda, Marti Minnis, Marcella Bryant, Libby Schrader, Tammy Eagen, the staff at Morning Sun Care Center and the members of TOPS. Burial will be at Elmwood Cemetery, Morning Sun. Her body was cremated. Visitation is 9-11 a.m. Thursday at the church. A memorial fund has been established for the benefit of creating a Hospice Room at the Morning Sun Care Center. The Hagele and Honts Funeral Home, Morning Sun, is in charge of the arrangements. Mrs. Griffin was on born on Jan. 16, 1932, in Toolesboro, the daughter of James and Florence Court Dilts. She married John William 'Bill' Griffin Sr. on July 3, 1949, in Columbus Junction. He preceded her in death on Aug. 26, 1997. She worked at the canning factory in Columbus Junction and then worked in production of Army Ammunitions at the IAAP, Middletown, for 25 year...[more]

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She was a member of the United Methodist Church and the UMW, Morning Sun; a member of the American Legion Auxiliary Post No. 100, Columbus Junction; and a member of TOPS, Wapello. She loved hunting mushrooms. She enjoyed her flowers and gardening and had recently received a beautification award for her home decor. Survivors include a son, John William Griffin Jr. and his wife, Christine, of Mooresville, N.C.; a daughter, Tamara Martin and her husband, Larry, of Columbus Junction; five grandsons, Bhrett, Ian, Collin, Earl and Joseph; four sisters, Helen Hobbs and her husband, Marvin, of Morning Sun, Elsie Walker of Wapello, Shirley Cupps of Columbus Junction and Betty Lou Knight of Morning Sun; a brother, Richard Dilts and his wife, Marie, of Burlington; and an aunt, Evelyn Brem of Mount Pleasant. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; a son, Patrick; and two brothers, John and Robert.