OBITUARY: Orville Garringer
 
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North English Record    
Sep 4, 2003

Orville Garringer, 81
   Funeral services for Orville L. Garringer, 81, Grinnell, formerly of
Brooklyn, will be held at 10:30 a.m. today, Thursday Sept. 4, at St. James
Lutheran Church, Victor.  He died Monday, Sept. 1, 2003, at St. Francis
Manor, Grinnell.
   The Rev. Alan Hafner will oficiate at the service.
   Burial will be at the Ohio Cemetery, rural Ladora.  Casket bearers will
be Eric Garringer, John Garringer, Dan Garringer, Rodney Garringer, Keith
Garringer and Russell Hawkins.  Honorary casket bearers will be Steven Van
Blaricom, Ken Bendorf and Ray Garringer.
   Nevenhoven Funeral Home, Brooklyn, is in charge of arrangements.
   Orville Lynn Garringer was born April 8, 1922, in North English, the son
of Carl Landrew and Ada Irene (Welch) Garringer.  He was baptiized and
confirmed in St. Paul Lutheran Church, Williamsburg, March 6, 1951.  He
attended Yankee Point School near North English.
   He married Mary Ann Fritz June 24, 1944, at the Yankee Point Community
Church, rural North English.  They were the parents of three sons, Jerry,
Tim and Frank.
   The couple farmed for several years following their marriage.  They lived
in North English, Williamsburg and Ladora, where they operated a feed store,
before moving to Brooklyn in 1968.  They operated a feed store there for
several years, and he later became manager of Rohrer Brothers Fertilizer,
Brooklyn, until retiring.
    He was a member of St. James Lutheran Church, Victor.  He enjoyed
fishing, golfing and singing the "Wabash Cannonball."
   Garringer is survived by two sons and their wives, Jerry and Carol
Garringer, Eugene, Ore., and Tim and Karen Garringer, Brooklyn; one sister,
Betty Van Dee, Vining; four brothers, Jim and Bill Garringer, Williamsburg;
Vernon Garringer, Parnell, and Howard Brown, Cedar Rapids, and four
grandchildren, Michael, Portland, Ore., and Eric, Amy and Matthew, all
Brooklyn.