Henry Greiner

Henry Joseph Greiner passed away peacefully on May 17th. Henry was born on March 16, 1943 in Keota, Iowa to Leonard and Mary (Woerdeman) Greiner.
He always said, "The two best things I ever did were to get ordained and to get married." He was ordained in 1968 in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Davenport, Iowa, and served as pastor in many parishes in the Diocese, ending up with one of the largest parishes of the Diocese, St Mary's in Iowa City. While attending Santa Clara University on a study leave he met Anne Blair. In 1993 he left ordained ministry to marry Anne. They have lived in Palo Alto, California for 20 years. He worked as the administrator of the El Retiro Jesuit Retreat House in Los Altos, California until 1998. He then became a Financial Planner with Money Concepts International. In 2001 he began working part time for several of the mortuaries in the Palo Alto area. By request he would conduct funerals of those who did not belong to a congregation but wanted a religious service. Henry felt he was a blessed man and throughout his life he was pleased to share those blessings in many wonderful ways.
Henry loved his grandchildren, travel, golf, fine wines, salmon fishing in Alaska, the Iowa Hawkeyes and sunsets on the beach.
He is survived by his wife, Anne, step sons Christopher Blair (Manisha) and Andrew Blair (Robin) and his grandchildren Anand, Sonali, Ewan, and Mimi Blair. He is also survived by his brothers Paul Greiner (Nadine), Marlin Greiner, his sisters Jeanette Vittetoe, Veronica Menke (Paul), Marlene Clerkin (Patrick), and 25 nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents, sister-in-law Bonnie Greiner, brother-in-law Alvin Vittetoe and godson Douglas Vittetoe.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be sent to Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Keota IA, or the National Brain Tumor Society.
A mass of Resurrection will be held on June 22, 2013 at 11:00 AM At Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Keota, IA.