Birth: November 13, 1910
Death: November 29, 1999
Location: Lot 74, Section 5, New Addition
Obituary: Iva P. Rainforth, 89, of Wood River died Monday, Nov. 29, 1999, at Edgewood Vista in Grand Island.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at the First Presbyterian Church in Wood River with the Rev. John McKinley officiating. Burial will be in the Wood River Cemetery.
Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Apfel Funeral Home in Wood River.
Memorials are suggested to the church or the donor’s choice.
Mrs. Rainforth was born on Nov. 13, 1910, in the Rosedale community southwest of Doniphan to William and Nellie (Stafford) Price. She attended school in Rosedale before moving with her family south of Hershey in 1924. She was named healthiest girl in the state 4-H competition in 1927. She graduated from Star School near Hershey in 1930. She attended Denver Children’s Hospital nurse’s training for two years and then worked in retail in Hastings.
She married Howard R. Rainforth on Aug. 1, 1934, at the Evangelical Church in Hastings. The couple lived in Cairo for one year before returning to Rosedale, where they farmed for three years. They moved in 1938 south of Wood River, where they farmed.
Mrs. Rainforth was a member of the Wood River First Presbyterian Church, was involved in the Presbyterian Woman’s Association and taught Sunday school for many years. She was a member of the Hall County Extension Club. She enjoyed square dancing, pinochle, making ceramics and knitting.
She is survived by her husband; two daughters, Joan (Mrs. Gaylord) Apfel of Grand Island and Rosemary (Mrs. Lanny) McLey of Fairfield Bay, Ariz.; two sons, Jerry Rainforth of North Loup and Dean Rainforth of Grand Island; 11 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; and one sister, Evelyn Stevens of San Diego. She was preceded in death by one sister and two brothers.