Everette Micheal Lines Griffin

Everette Micheal Lines Griffin, born Dec. 6, 1988, in Osage, Iowa, passed away Saturday, April 25, 2020, in Charles City, Iowa, at the age of 31.

Everette was born to Amy Griffin and Brian Lines. He grew up on a farm in Marble Rock, Iowa. He was joined by a brother, Ethan, in 1994 and a sister, Ashley, in 1998. He attended school at RRMR, graduating in 2007 with his best friend, Jeremey White, a friendship that will last until they meet again.

Everette joined the Army in 2005 and served until he was medically discharged in 2007. In 2008 he moved to Wisconsin, moving around from Campbellsport, Madison, Black River Falls to Ossea, before moving back to Iowa to be closer to family.

Everette was a lover of life. He would give the shirt off his back to help anyone. He just had a kind soul and if you met him, you loved him. He felt at home no matter where he was. His smile, laugh and mischievous nature were contagious. He truly loved and respected everyone he ever met.

Everette was genuinely interested in people and their life story and how he could inject happiness into everyone’s life. One of the ways he did this was through his job, as a pizza delivery driver at Casey’s on Blunt (haha) in Charles City. He absolutely loved his job – to him pizza was life. Four really good childhood friends showed him the love of pizza, Leo, Donnie, Raph and Mikey! Cowabunga, Dude!

Many didn’t know, but he was ordained and performed numerous weddings and counseled couples.

Everette will be greatly missed by family and friends and anyone who ever met him. He was a pure joy to be around. If you were having a bad day just give him 2½ seconds and your whole day would change.

Living family members include parents Amy and Brian Lines of Marble Rock; brother Ethan Lines (Robin Fingalsen) of Charles City; sister Ashley Lines (Dakota Veal) of Marble Rock; five nephews: Tyler, Cadon, Carter, JayDean and Dexter; and three nieces: Marissa, Lilly and baby River; Everette’s biological father Jim (Janey) Burik of Mason City; grandparents Patricia Griffin (Marc Frana) of Charles City, Clayton and Marvelyn Lines of Marble Rock, JoyEllen Rozonke of Charles City; uncles and aunts, Matt and Calsey Griffin of Fort Dodge, Roy and Kelli Lines of Dubuque, Amy Lines Fullerton of Marble Rock, Doug Fullerton of Rockford, Tracy Burik of Charles City, Sandra and Roger Giegerich of Sebring, Florida, Jim and Marge Ashley of Bassett, Faye and Bill Klassen of Ionia, Mary Ashley of Bassett, Mara and Chris Nissen, Jan Jackson, Lisa Griffin and Dawn and Gordy Gardner all of Maquoketa; and too many cousins to mention.

Those who met Everette at Heaven’s gates were all his loving great grandparents George and Leone Griffin, Hal and Alberta VanNest, Franklin and Frances Ashley, Lowell and Gail Lines, grandfather Neil K. Griffin, and many aunts, uncles and cousins before him.

A Celebration of Life will be at a later date.

We would like to thank Hauser Funeral Home for showing us such care at this time. Cards and memorials can be directed to the family at PO Box 27, Marble Rock, IA 50653.

You were a bright light in this dim world, we love you until our last breath!