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Criswell, Brian
Brian Criswell, 55, of Conroy, died Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009, at the Marengo Memorial Hospital. A funeral service will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 24, at Smith Funeral Home in Grinnell. Interment will be at Lower Blue Point Cemetery, south of Grinnell. Friends may call at the funeral home beginning noon Friday, with the family present from 6 to 8 p.m.
Memorials may be directed to the Brian Criswell Memorial Fund.
He is survived by his wife, Cindy Criswell of Conroy; one daughter, Candice Criswell (special friend, Nancy Carter) of Woodstock, Ill.; one sister, Billie Jean Mulligan of Reinbeck; and two brothers, Ronald Criswell of West Liberty and Richard Criswell of El Cajon, Calif.
He was preceded in death by his son, Patrick.
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