Grace Leinen, 88 of Grinnell and formerly of Cedar Falls, died Monday, March 6, 2006, at Grinnell Regional Medical Center. A memorial service for Mrs. Leinen will be held 10:30 a.m. Thursday, March 9, at the Grinnell First Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Kirsten Klepfer officiating. A second memorial service will be held 10:30 a.m. Friday, March 10, at the Nazareth Lutheran Church in Cedar Falls with the Rev. Tim Schoepf officiating. Burial will be in Cedar Valley Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Cedar Falls. Memorial contributions may be directed to the First Presbyterian Church in Grinnell or Grinnell Regional Hospice. The daughter of James and Gertrude Hanson Bergstrom, she was born February 14, 1918, in Cedar Falls. She was raised on a farm near Cedar Falls and was a 1936 graduate of Cedar Falls High School. She received a teaching certificate at Iowa State Normal School in Cedar Falls and taught for several years at Mechanicsville, Iowa. She later received a BA degree in Education and an MA degree in Specialist Reading and Language Arts. She taught for 30 years in the Cedar Falls School District and later taught at the University of Northern Iowa. She retired in 1985. She was married to Gordon 'Bill' Leinen on December 26, 1941, in Cedar Falls. Following his death in 1966, she married Arthur Heimann on June 23, 2003, in Cedar Falls. The couple made their home in Grinnell. Grace was a member of the Nazareth Lutheran Church in Cedar Falls and later the First Presbyterian Church in Grinnell. She was a state and national president of the National Reading Association, past president of the Alpha Delta Kappa, and a member of Delta Kappa Gamma and PEO. She was also a Director of Stephen Ministry at the Nazareth Lutheran Church. Survivors include her husband, Arthur of Grinnell; three children and their spouses, Gary and Sarah Leinen of Bozeman, Montana, Kim and Ray Heimann of Newton, and Scott Leinen of Pella; five step-children and their spouses, Ray and Kim Heimann of Newton, Nancy and Gary Sayers of Centerville, Jo and Rob Schreck of Manchester, Mark and Teri Heimann of Dike and Ed Heimann and his friend Sherri Houghton of Superior, Wisconsin; 17 grandchildren; and 6 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents; her first husband, Bill; and one brother and sister, James and Marjorie.