Individual Details

Clara E. Briles, 97, of Cottage Grove Place, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, died there Sunday, January 15, 2006, following a short illness. Private family services were held at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Burial: Linwood Cemetery, Cedar Rapids.

Survivors include daughter, Gladys (Howard) Grimm of Cedar Rapids; grandchildren, Cynthia Halde, Alan Grimm, and Larry Grimm; great-grandchildren, James Needham, Wendy Meskimen, Brian Grimm, Tyler Marshall, Elizabeth Wilmes, Amy Grimm, and Chad Grimm; great-great-grandchildren, Alex, Andie, Reece, Raegan, Ross, and Benjamin; and two sisters, Zola Austin and Iona Austin. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Albert; and her brothers, Hollis Austin, Elmer Charles, and Richard Austin; and her sisters, Maybelle Austin and Freda Austin.

Clara was born September 14, 1908, in Newton, Iowa, the daughter of William and Ethel Lillian (Karns) Austin. On July 5, 1927, she was united in marriage to Albert Briles in Ottumwa, Iowa. He died on March 9, 1983. They owned Briles Grocery in Cedar Rapids where she worked for 45 years. Clara was a member of the Eagles and Witwer Senior Center and active in the Moose Lodge.

Instead of flowers, memorials may be made to Witwer Senior Center or to Hospice of Mercy.

Birth	14 Sep 1908	Newton, Iowa
Marriage	5 Jun 1927	Ottumwa, Wapello Co. Iowa - Albert Franklin Briles
Death	15 Jan 2006	Iowa
Burial		Linwood Cemetery, Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Spouse	Albert Franklin Briles (1905 - 1983)
Child	Gladys Marie Briles (1928 - )

Father	William Henry Austin (1874 - 1956)
Mother	Ethel Lillian Karns (1880 - 1936)
Sibling	Hollis Sylvester Austin (1903 - 1979)
Sibling	Maybelle Ernestine Austin (1904 - 1986)
Sibling	Elmer Charles Austin (1906 - 1978)
Sibling	Freda Agnes Austin (1910 - )
Sibling	Zola Marie Austin (1912 - )
Sibling	Richard Floyd Austin (1915 - 1934)
Sibling	Myrtle Iona Austin (1919 - )