Grace Alice Kriese of Phoenix, Arizona was born October 18th, 1915, passed away to a better life on August 12. She was the fourth of seven children born to Margaret and Casper Lamb of Clark and Decatur counties in Iowa. She was married to Ralph Kriese in 1940 where they went to Arizona in 1941 and made Arizona their home, except for three years when Ralph was in the Navy Sea Bees. Two of those years were spent in the Pacfic Islands. Grace is preceded in death by her husband, two brothers and two sisters. She is survived by two sisters; Maxine McConnell and Alberta Foland of Iowa, a daughter Virginia MacKeever and son Kenneth Kriese, four grandchildren and five great grandsons, 1 great great grandson, as well as many nieces and nephews. She was blessed beyond blood relatives and embraces Patricia Warner and Panit Staton as her own along with many friends. A visitation will be held Saturday, August 17, at 1:00 p.m. at Greenwood Memory Lawn Mortuary, 719 N. 27th Ave. Funeral services will immedately follow at 2:00 p.m. Arrangements entrusted to Greenwood Memory Lawn Mortuary, www.greenwoodmemorylawn.com
