Jennie Herdliska Grimm

Jennie Herdliska Grimm
December 13, 1918 - March 30, 2013
North English, Iowa
Visitation: 4 pm to 8 pm April 02, 2013 at Powell Funeral Home and Cremation Service, North English, Iowa
Funeral Service: 10:00 am April 03, 2013 at North English Christian Church, North English, Iowa
Interment: April 03, 2013 at North English Cemetery, North English, Iowa
Jennie Crawford Herdliska Grimm, age 94, died peacefully Saturday, March 30, 2013, at Mercy Hospice in Iowa City, Iowa. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 AM, Wednesday, April 3, 2013 , at North English Christian Church with interment at North English Cemetery. Friends may call from 4-8 PM Tuesday at Powell Funeral Home and Cremation Service, North English. A memorial fund has been established for the North English Christian Church, the English Valley Care Center and Mercy Hospice in Iowa City. Messages and tributes may be left at www.powellfuneralhomes.com under obituaries. Jennie was born December 13, 1918, in Oxford, Iowa, the daughter of Robert W. and Caroline Schwab Crawford. Jennie grew up in the Holbrook-Parnell area. She received her education in the Holbrook Community School through 7th grade and then graduated from Parnell High School in 1937. On June 2, 1937, she married Charles Don Herdliska at the Christian Church parsonage in North English. They lived on a farm north of North English until his death in 1966. She moved to North English and worked at the variety store for 8 years. On December 18, 1974, she married Raymond Grimm in Lancaster, Missouri. They lived on a farm west of North English and worked at Grimm Real Estate and Insurance office until retirement in 1990. She is survived by 2 sons: James (Betty) Herdliska of Erskine, MN, Ron (Linda) Herdliska of Solon, IA, 2 step daughters: Verna Jean (Ivan)Edwards of Pella, IA, Cheryl (Clayton) Linscheid of Sterling, IL, 3 stepsons: Ronald(Janice) Grimm of Deep River, IA, Darryl (Peggy) of rural Williamsburg, and Alan (Vicky) of North English, 19 grandchildren, 32 great grandchildren, and 2 great- great -grandchildren children, 2 sisters: Joan Wade of North English and Shirley Herdlicka of North English, 2 brothers- in- law: Frank Knipfer of North English, and Max Wade of North English, a special sister-in- law Ruby Pope of North English, many nieces, nephews, friends, and neighbors. Jennie was preceded in death by her parents, husbands Don Herdliska and Raymond Grimm, brothers Arden and Forde, sisters Annette Fry, Lucille Markwell, Delores Knipfer and Mary Cox and a step grandson.