Violet Cloris (Grimes) Wiley, 1999.
Violet Cloris Wiley, 3/20/1916 to 2/18/2001, Age 84yr 10m 28d
She was born in Libertyville, Iowa, the youngest of 6 children born to James William Grimes and Myrtle Amanda Jane Campbell. She has lived for the last 40 or so years on a farm in Cantril, Iowa known to family as the 160.
She is preceded in death by her husband Frank Raymond Wiley, her parents, her brothers Cecil, Clive and William, and a sister Intha May, her son Joseph Warren Wiley, a granddaughter Violet Christine Small, and a great granddaughter, Dannidyn Montana Christine Garner.
She was a truly amazing woman. No one expected her to go so quickly even at such a ripe old age. Since Joe's death (her son) she has been showing signs of possibly having Alzheimer's. Sunday, February 10th, she fell in her kitchen and broke her wrist. When asked by doctors what happened she told them that she fell while closing a corn crib. So they sent her to a mental hospital in Macon, Missouri to sort things out. They thought that the medicines she was on may have been too strong, as they were prescribed when she was a little heavier and as of lately she has not been eating much. I guess as of Friday or Saturday, they had just begun to get her to start eating, and Sunday at 12:30pm she just stopped breathing. That is what was reported back from Macon. She was buried beside her husband and her son in Maple Grove Cemetery in Cantril, Iowa.
Gone but never forgotten
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Photo's of Cloris Wiley
These are all photos I found in some of the photo albums Grandma has kept thru the years. There are lots more, but most are blurred or of a pretty recent nature and seemed less important than these. I only scanned ones I deemed important for genealogy purposes. Usually just the old ones. I have tried to label them as well as I can. Those I can't figure out, I would love to be emailed or written to about who they are and any possible stories that may go along with the photo. ENJOY our family!!!
I got quite a few photos from Aunt Annie (her sister) and from Vivian (her second daughter) and from Wayne (her third son). I hope I marked them all to give everyone proper credit.
Well I hope you enjoy looking at these as much as I do.
I love genealogy and all that old stuff. I guess I just like to know the story of MY existence and to know who came before me. So on the following pages I have included all the old photos I have. I've tried to put just a few per page so that it doesn't take a life time to down load. Eventually, I will take the time to give it a better directory.
I've gotten pictures from my Grandma Wiley (Dad's Mom) and from my Grandpa Garrett (Mom's Dad). I've always been closer to the Wiley's and have done the most research on that end, so I will begin with her photos.
So here are the smaller versions. To see any picture at its largest, just click on it. I have done it this way so that this page will load faster and also because it is easier to print from the picture by itself. Just click on your browsers BACK button when ready to return to this page.
