Events
Birth: 1903-04-19, Dell Rapids, Minnehaha county, South Dakota
Marry-intent: 1941-10-18, Age:38y 5m 29d, Sioux City, Woodbury county, Iowa, Role:fiancee, Original wedding invitation for Arlene Searls and Joseph Griller to be held on Oct.18, 1941 in Sioux City, Iowa., ImageID: S__0074
Married: 1941-10-18, Age:38y 5m 29d, Sioux City, Woodbury county, Iowa, Role:bride, Original wedding invitation for Arlene Searls and Joseph Griller to be held on Oct.18, 1941 in Sioux City, Iowa. Original wedding invitation for Arlene Searls and Joseph Griller to be held on Oct.18, 1941 in Sioux City, Iowa.
Baptism: 1944-06-11, Age:41y 1m 23d, Sioux City, Woodbury county, Iowa, Mayflower Congregational Church, Role:baptised
Church: 1950-1998, Age:46y 8m 13d, Minneapolis, Hennepin county, Minnesota, Lynnhurst United Church of Christ
Death: 1998-04-17, Age:94y 11m 29d, Minneapolis, Hennepin county, Minnesota
Burial: 1998-04-20, Age:95y 0m 1d, Minneapolis, Hennepin county, Minnesota, Lakewood Cemetery
Education: between and 1922 , Norwood, Hamil county, Ohio, Norwood High School, Role:student, high, Norwood is a suburb of Cincinnati.
Education: ?, Cincinnati, Hamil county, Ohio, business school, Role:student, college, She attended there a while before she moved back to Iowa with her parents. While in business college, Arlene started the school newspaper. Arlene wanted to go into journalism in college but her father said: "No daughter of mine is going to work in a lousy newspaper office". He wanted Arlene to go into music since she was a pretty good piano player as well as a good singer.
Job: ?, After her schooling, Arlene traveled to Mexico City and took a job in the U.S. Embassy as a secretary.

The mother of Joseph Edwin Griller may not be Anna but a mystery woman that Joseph Nicholas Griller had an affair with. Her last name may be Lester. Joe's son Gordy came across this fact while going through his father's papers after Joseph Edwin Griller died.

Arlene served in many capacities while in Minneapolis. She was a cub scout den mother, and volunteered as a secretary at church. She taught fourth grade Sunday school for six years, worked as a visitor at Nicollet Health Care Center for ten years. Arlene was a member of the Ivy Circle and donated countless hours as a meals-on-wheels for ten years. She tutored for the WISE program at Barton Elementary School for five years and tutored children in English at Fulton Elementary school 
for two years. Arlene was a volunteer at the Minneapolis Children's Mercy Hospital for two years. She organized the "Friendly Service Sewing Club" which made clothes for children and adults in need plus promoted its work for ten years.