HALL, Lorraine (Griggs) 1915-2018

HALL, GRIGGS, RIEHM, KLEMESRUD, EMMONS

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 8/16/2018 at 08:30:14

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Lorraine Hall

Lorraine Hall, 102, of Nora Springs passed away Wednesday, August 8, 2018 at Good Shepherd Health Center, Mason City.

Arrangments are pending with Hogan-Bremer-Moore Colonial Chapel.

Hogan-Bremer-Moore Colonial Chapels. 126 3rd St NE-Mason City, Iowa 50401. (641)-423-2372 ColonialChapels.com

SOURCE: Mason City Globe Gazette, 9 AUG 2018

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August 24, 1915 - August 8, 2018

MASON CITY -- Lorraine L. Hall, 102, of Mason City and formerly of Nora Springs, Iowa, left to be with her Heavenly Father on Wednesday, August 8, 2018, just a couple weeks short of her 103rd birthday. I guess she didn't want people to make a fuss over her with another party. She got the last laugh on us.

A Memorial service will be held 11 a.m. Friday, August 17, 2018 at Hogan-Bremer-Moore Colonial Chapels, 126 3rd Street NE, Mason City, with Reverend Kent A. Mechler officiating. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service. Inurnment will take place in Riverside Cemetery, Rockford, IA.

Lorraine Lenora Griggs was born on August 24, 1915 in Lyle, Minnesota, to Milo and Lenora (Riehm) Griggs. She attended Rockford High School. In 1934 Lorraine married the love of her life, Glen Hall. To this union a daughter was born, Deloris. Glen passed away in 1989.

Tami remembers her grandmother writing a letter, saying she had been to the doctor and was given bad news. She was healthy and could live another 10-15 years. That is what she did, Lorraine lived life to the fullest. Even her last year and a half in a wheel chair she made it to the many activities at Good Shepherd. She loved bingo, having many prizes in her room to show from it.

Lorraine had a love for travel and adventure. Every winter she spent the winters traveling the southern states and Mexico. Arizona was probably her favorite.

She had a love of cats. She had many cats over the years. Oliver was much company to her. She fed all the feral cats in the neighborhood. Making sure they had blankets and a warm place and they were fed when she went south in the winter.

Lorraine loved to cook and bake. Collecting recipes and making different dishes for her family and friends. She always had cookies for the grandchildren, nieces, and nephews when they came to visit.

She became a NASCAR fan in the later years and Sunday afternoons she was glued to the television to watch her favorite driver, Jimmie Johnson to see if he would take the checkered flag that week. She enjoyed playing cards with the neighbor ladies, doing puzzles with Glen, enjoyed reading and doing puzzle books to keep her mind sharp.

Left to cherish Lorraine's memory are her daughter, Deloris (Orlando) Lindley of Nora Springs; her grandchildren, Tami Lindley of Altoona, David Lindley of Mason City, and Scot (Joanne) Lindley of Nora Springs; four great-grandchildren, Tony, Colton, Cody, and Amber; three great-great grandchildren, Zander, Logan, and Destiny; as well as numerous nieces, nephews and extended family members.

Lorraine was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Glen and her two sisters, Eleanor Emmons and Donna Klemesrud.

Lorraine lived life to its fullest and she hopes each of you gets out and does the same. Don't let life pass you by… Make It Happen!

Hogan-Bremer-Moore Colonial Chapels. 126 3rd St NE-Mason City, Iowa 50401. (641)-423-2372 . ColonialChapels.com

SOURCE: Mason City Globe Gazette, 12 AUG 2018
Also see: Mason City Globe Gazette, 16 AUG 2018