Marcia Griffin, 77, of Shellsburg, Iowa, died Thursday, May 9, 2013, at Rock Ridge Residential Care, Shellsburg. There will be a private family graveside service at Linwood Cemetery, Cedar Rapids. Arrangements by: Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids.
Survivors include step daughter, Gayle (Jeff) Beary of Cedar Rapids; three step-granddaughters, Jennifer Bosen, Julie (Shawn) Garringer and Jannell (Heath) Harman; sisters-in-law, Karen (Dean) Drew of Waukon, Iowa and Hope Griffin of Rochester, MN; and many step-grandchildren.
Preceded in death by her parents, Dennis and Violet Dwyer and her husband of 50 years, Greg Griffin.
Marcia was born on July 10, 1935, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, daughter of Dennis and Violet Dwyer. She worked 34 years at W.R. Grace Cryovac division.
Special thank you to her caregivers, Lisa Richardson and Joyce Svoboda and everyone else at Hospice of Mercy. Also to her neighbors and friends, Ed O’Neil and Joe and Deb Zenner, for all their help.
-Karen Griffin Drew
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