Services for Lucille Genevieve Grigg Rhine, 93, of Lawton will be 2:00 Tuesday, September 30, 2014 at Community Presbyterian Church in Lawton. Burial will be in Banner Township Cemetery. Lucille died September 26, 2014 at a Sioux City Nursing Home. McCulloch Chapel, Christy-Smith Funeral Homes is assisting the family with arrangements.
Lucille was born February 23, 1921 on a farm south of Lawton to Fred and Evelyn (Hegstrom) Grigg. She graduated from Lawton High School in 1939 and then took a business course at National Business Training School in Sioux City. Lucille worked a short time in Sioux City before taking a Civil Service Test and was called to work in Washington D.C. in September 1941. She was assigned to work in the Adjutant General’s department. Lucille began as a clerk and later as a supervisor. She married Herbert Rhine April 2, 1949 at the Naval Air Station, Patuxent River, Maryland. The lived in Arlington, Virginia until 1955 when they moved to Lawton, Iowa. Two children were born, namely, Joyce Marie and Daniel Edgar. Lucille then worked for First Trust and Savings Bank, Lawton, Iowa for 32 years. She was also the town clerk for over 8 years.
She was an active member of Community Presbyterian Church in Lawton. She loved to play cards, read, bowl and take care of her home.
Survivors include her husband, Herbert of Lawton, IA; daughter, Joyce (Jack) Shumansky of Minneapolis, MN.; son Daniel Rhine of Cedar Rapids, IA; granddaughter, Jaime Shumansky of Colorado Springs, CO; 2 great-grandchildren, Haley and Aubrey.
She was preceded in death by her parents; grandson, JD Shumansky; sister, Betty Andrus.