Grieser, Ruby Erb (1914-2007)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2007 Apr 23 p. 8

Birth date: 1914 Apr 19

text of obituary:

RUBY GRIESER

Ruby Grieser, 92, of Garden City, Mo., died March 19, 2007. She was born April 19, 1914, to John K. and Lena (Oswald) Erb in O’Neil, Neb.

On Feb. 5, 1931, she married Ben Grieser in Beemer, Neb.

She was employed as a food supervisor for Frazee (Minn.) Care Center until her retirement in 1980. She moved to Garden City, Mo. in 1983. She was a member of Sycamore Grove Mennonite Church near Garden City. She enjoyed quilting, knitting and reading.

Survivors include a son, Duane Grieser and his wife, Marilyn, of Garden City; a daughter, Barbara Towse of Leawood, Kan.; a brother, Walter Erb of Hesston, Kan.; five grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren and seven great-great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Ben, on June 22, 1970; three brothers, Omar, Ezra and John Erb; a sister, Wilma Nitzsche; and a granddaughter, Mary Elizabeth Grieser.

Funeral services were held at Sycamore Grove Mennonite Church. Burial was in Lake Region Mennonite Cemetery in Detroit Lakes, Minn.