Madeline Griffin
December 11, 1915 - February 18, 2008
Madeline Griffin
MADELINE GRIFFIN
Miss Madeline Griffin died Tuesday evening, March 18, 2008, at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic.
Miss Griffin was the daughter of James P. and Catherine (Connor) Griffin, who preceded her in death as did her sister, Marjorie Groll, in 1994. Marjorie’s husband, George, passed away in 1990.
She was a graduate of Atlantic High School and Iowa State University with a degree in English. She was employed by Sears, Roebuck and Company for 47 years, retiring as Chief of Personnel Training.
A native of Atlantic, Madeline had resided in Chicago for 55 years before returning in 2001 to Atlantic to live in her parents’ old home at 600 Locust Street.
She is survived by two cousins, Mercedes Beschorner of Wiota and Charles Griffin and wife, Cathleen, of Atlantic.
Funeral Information
Services for Madeline will be held on Tuesday, March 25 at 10:30 AM at SS Peter & Paul Catholic Church with Father Daniel Siepker officiating. An open visitation will be held on Monday, March 24, at the church from noon until the Rosary at 7:00 PM in the evening. Interment will be in the SS Peter & Paul Catholic Cemetery in Atlantic.
Roland Funeral Home in Atlantic, Iowa is caring for Madeline’s family and the arrangements. Condolences for the family are welcomed on the Roland web site www.rolandfuneralservice.com.
IN REMEMBRANCE OF
Madeline Griffin
BORN
Three Miles North of Atlantic, Iowa
ENTERED INTO REST
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
FUNERAL MASS
Tuesday, March 25, at 10:30 AM
SS Peter & Paul Catholic Church ~ Atlantic, Iowa
OFFICIATING
Father Daniel Siepker
MUSICAL SELECTIONS
“Be Not Afraid”
“Ave Maria”
“Gift of Finest Wheat”
“Song of Farewell”
“Bread of Life”
ORGANIST ~ CANTOR
Donna Muell Muriel McCants
CASKET BEARERS
Jerry Sieck Clayton Ellingson Leslie Marousek
Bruce Yarger Dale Rourick James Carey
INTERMENT
SS Peter & Paul Catholic Cemetery ~ Atlantic, IA
