N. Aileen Griffith, 85, 304 3rd St. NE, Mason City, Iowa, died Tuesday, July 10, 2007 at the Good Shepherd Health Center, Mason City. A memorial service was held Friday, July 13, at Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, Clear Lake, with Rev. John R. Tilp officiating. Inurnment will be at the Clear Lake Cemetery. According to her wishes, her body has been cremated. Memorials may be given to the Nancy Aileen Griffith Memorial Fund.

Aileen was born Jan. 14, 1922 in Mason City, the daughter of Eugene Walding and Kittie Lora (Holland) Wilkinson. She graduated from Mason City High School. She married Arnold Paul Griffith Sr. in 1942, in Clear Lake. Aileen worked at the Clear Lake Bakery, did maid work at the Blue Horizon and cleaned houses. She did volunteer work at the Good Shepherd.
Aileen enjoyed going on trips to Tucson, Az., playing cards, shuffleboard, word puzzles and helping at church. She was a lifelong member of St. Patricks Catholic Church, later moving to Mason City where she joined St. Joseph's Catholic Church.

Aileen is survived by her son, Arnold Griffith Jr. and his wife, Linda, Northwood, Iowa; three grandchildren, Gail Hakes, St. Charles, Minn., Paul Griffith and Kari Griffith, Northwood; two great-grandchildren, Alex Griffith, Northwood, and Erica Hakes, St. Charles; one sister, Maxine Ziemann, Mason City; one sister-in-law, Carolyn Bird, Winona, Minn.; special friend, Harold Tremble and many nieces, nephews and other relatives and friends.

Aileen was preceded in death by her parents, Eugene and Kittie; her husband Arnold in 1970; her mother-in-law, Jennie Griffith, in 1975; two sisters, Darlene and Josephine; one brother, Eugene, and longtime friend, Harold Vanness.