RAYMOND A. GREINER, 82, of Cedar Falls, died Sunday, April 9, 2000, at Allen Memorial Hospital in Waterloo, Iowa. He was born July 2, 1917, in Ogilbie, Manitoba, Canada, the son of George and Margaret (Bohrosen) Greiner. He married Margaret Schmitz on April 12, 1950, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Waterloo, Iowa. Ray farmed his entire life in Black Hawk County, Iowa, retiring in 1987. He was a Hudson Creamery Board Member and a member of the Farm Bureau.
He is survived by his wife Margaret, of Cedar Falls, Iowa; his children, Karen Greiner of St. Paul, Minnesota, Ron Greiner of Dike, Iowa, Tom Greiner and his wife Melinda of Cedar Falls, Jane Greiner and her husband Louis Grant of New Jersey and John Greiner and his wife Nicole of Columbus, Georgia; five grandchildren, Sarah, Kerstin and Michael Greiner, Jim Jones and Jasenn Greiner; a brother, Leonard Greiner of Iowa Falls, Iowa and two sisters, Catherine Gerhard of Charles City, Iowa and Dorothy Pitts of Toronto, Canada. Ray was preceded in death by his parents; four brothers, John, Paul, Joe and Lawrence Greiner; three sisters, Veronica Greiner, Edith Sherry and Leona Merfeld, and an infant sibling.
Funeral services were 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, April 12, 2000, at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Cedar Falls, with burial at 2:00 p.m. at St. Mary of Mt. Carmel Cemetery, Eagle Center, Iowa. A memorial fund will be established at a later date.