2012
Edith
2005
Edith Grinley
May 26, 2012 — July 19, 2005
Edith Irene (Moe) Grinley passed away at the age of 93 on Tuesday, July 19, 2005 at Albert Lea, Minnesota.
Edith was born May 26, 1912, in Emmons, Minnesota and grew up in a family of hardworking first generation Norwegian immigrants. Her parents were Isaac and Emma (Nesby) Moe. She graduated from high school in Kenyon, Minnesota where she met her future husband, Anton K. (?Tony?) Grinley.
In the 1930?s she attended St. Cloud Teachers College and taught in one-room country schools, receiving room and board from the parents of her students. Soon after Edith and Tony were married in 1940, he entered military service in World War II. This led to lengthy separations, during which Edith worked at the Federal Reserve Bank, St. Paul, Minnesota. On occasion she took long crowded train trips to Missouri and Texas to join Tony during his military flight training.
In 1952 Edith and Tony made Albert Lea their home, where family, church and friends filled their lives. She was a 53 year member of First Lutheran Church, a member of Mission Circle 26, and taught Vacation Bible School. She was a Cub Scout den mother. She enjoyed visiting with relatives, fishing and site-seeing on family vacations, playing cards with her friends, and traveling to her ancestral home in Norway. After Tony?s retirement as a county court judge, Tony and Edith spent many happy winters in Lake Havasu City, Arizona. Edith in her last years lived in the Thorne Crest Retirement community.
Edith had a wonderful way of making her family feel her love, and her friends feel at home.
Edith was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Tony and her four brothers and sisters. She is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Richard and Kristi (Tukua) Grinley of Delano, Minnesota, blessed grandson, Evan R. Grinley, and many nieces and nephews.
Visitation will be 4-7 PM on Tuesday, July 26 at Bonnerup Funeral Service in Albert Lea, and Funeral service will be at 11:00 AM Wednesday, July 27 in the chapel of First Lutheran Church in Albert Lea. Interment will be at Oaklawn Cemetery in Emmons, MN.
Memorials are preferred to First Lutheran Church of Albert Lea.
Edith was born May 26, 1912, in Emmons, Minnesota and grew up in a family of hardworking first generation Norwegian immigrants. Her parents were Isaac and Emma (Nesby) Moe. She graduated from high school in Kenyon, Minnesota where she met her future husband, Anton K. (?Tony?) Grinley.
In the 1930?s she attended St. Cloud Teachers College and taught in one-room country schools, receiving room and board from the parents of her students. Soon after Edith and Tony were married in 1940, he entered military service in World War II. This led to lengthy separations, during which Edith worked at the Federal Reserve Bank, St. Paul, Minnesota. On occasion she took long crowded train trips to Missouri and Texas to join Tony during his military flight training.
In 1952 Edith and Tony made Albert Lea their home, where family, church and friends filled their lives. She was a 53 year member of First Lutheran Church, a member of Mission Circle 26, and taught Vacation Bible School. She was a Cub Scout den mother. She enjoyed visiting with relatives, fishing and site-seeing on family vacations, playing cards with her friends, and traveling to her ancestral home in Norway. After Tony?s retirement as a county court judge, Tony and Edith spent many happy winters in Lake Havasu City, Arizona. Edith in her last years lived in the Thorne Crest Retirement community.
Edith had a wonderful way of making her family feel her love, and her friends feel at home.
Edith was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Tony and her four brothers and sisters. She is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Richard and Kristi (Tukua) Grinley of Delano, Minnesota, blessed grandson, Evan R. Grinley, and many nieces and nephews.
Visitation will be 4-7 PM on Tuesday, July 26 at Bonnerup Funeral Service in Albert Lea, and Funeral service will be at 11:00 AM Wednesday, July 27 in the chapel of First Lutheran Church in Albert Lea. Interment will be at Oaklawn Cemetery in Emmons, MN.
Memorials are preferred to First Lutheran Church of Albert Lea.
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