James Ralph Shriner

James Ralph Shriner, the son of John and Evelyn Satern Shriner, was born May 31, 1941 in Rodman, Iowa. Jim received his early education and graduated from Rodman Consolidated School in 1959. On May 8, 1971, Jim married Harriet "Sam" Raabe in Spencer, Iowa. Following their marriage, they made their home together in Spencer. Jim worked as a electrician for 40 years, retiring in 2006. At the age of 15, Jim was a member of Palo Alto County Baseball Team that played in the Youth World Series in Hershey, Pennsylvania. He also coached Little League and Pony League Baseball in Spencer. Jim passed away on March 3, 2013 at his home with his wife and daughter by his side at the age of 71. He was preceded in death by his parents; sister, Jan Waggoner; his father and mother-in-law, Albert "Pat" and Grace Raabe; brother-in-law, Wayne Schmeling and nephew, Neil Gordon. He is survived by his wife, Sam of Spencer; daughter, Gail Shriner and her husband, Corey Garrison of Cave Creek, AZ; 2 sisters: Donna (Paul) Fredrickson of Estherville, IA and Pat Schmeling of Emmetsburg, IA; brother-in-law, James Waggoner of Hartley, IA; sister-in-law, Rose (LaVern) Gordon of Cedar Rapids, IA; other relatives and friends. A Poem Given To Him On His 70th Birthday To The Best Dad I Ever Had: Thank you for teaching me your baseball knowledge: for all those hours you spent pitching to me to help me with my swing, for all the time you spent playing catch with me to help me not "throw like a girl", for all the one hoppers you threw to me so I could play first base well. Thank you for helping me with school: for all the hours you spent helping me with math, for the trip we took to look at colleges. Thank you for my athletic ability: for all the times you played tennis with me, for all the ping-pong balls we hit at the YMCA, for all the racquetball games we played. Thank you for helping me to the person I am today: for joking and laughing with me and passing on your sarcastic sense of humor, for taking me to the chiropractor when I was a child. Thank you for being generous with your time: for coming to almost all of my sporting events, for our family trip to Colorado, for all the times we went fishing. Thank you for the quirky things we would do together: for stopping at the bridge while on bike rides and spitting over the edge, for getting hot tamales every time we filled the car up with gas, for eating potato chips and dip on Sunday while football games were on. thank you for wanting me, caring for me and loving me. Thank you for wanting me, caring for me and loving me. I am so lucky to have had you in my life for the last 35 years. Your eternally grateful daughter, Gail

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