PHYLLIS GRAINGER

Thursday, June 20, 2019 2:22 pm

PHYLLIS GRAINGER, 68, formerly of Decorah, died Tuesday, June 18, 2019, at the Patty Elwood Center in Cresco, from complications of Alzheimer’s. Memorial services are at 11 a.m., Saturday, June 22, at the Washington Prairie Lutheran Church, with Rev. Jennifer Edinger presiding. Burial is in the church cemetery. Visitation is from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday, June 21, at the Schluter – Balik Funeral Home in Decorah and also after 10 a.m. at the church Saturday morning. The Schluter-Balik Funeral Home is handling arrangements. Phyllis is survived by her children: Daniel (Allie) Grainger, Dubuque; Devin (Sarah) Grainger, Cresco; and Allison (Maury) Landt, Strawberry Point; two granddaughters, Eliana “Ellie” and Elizabeth “Libby” Grainger of Cresco; one sister, Anne (Richard) Losee, Riceville; one brother: Paul (Leslie) Kadlec, Decorah; along with many adored nieces, nephews and cousins. Phyllis was preceded in death by her husband, Robert Grainger, in 2010; her parents, Frank Kadlec in 2008 and Jean (Jorgenson) Kadlec in 2018; her father-in-law, Walter Grainger; and her mother-in-law, Edna (Purcell) Grainger.