John S. Breeden, age 63, of Grinnell, died on Friday, January 9, 2015, at Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines. A funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, January 13, 2015, at the Grinnell Christian Church with Pastor Rose Blank and Pastor Walt Claussen officiating. Pallbearers are Jim, Jeff and Kevin Breeden, and Rod, Ron and Jamie Montgomery. Honorary Bearers are Dusty Montgomery and Evan, Ty, Haley, Taylynn and Shyanne Breeden. Interment will be at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery northwest of Grinnell. Visitation will begin at 2:00 p.m. on Monday at the Smith Funeral Home in Grinnell and his family will receive friends from 4:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Monday evening. Memorials may be designated to the John Breeden Memorial Fund, mailed in care of the Smith Funeral Home, PO Box 368, Grinnell, Iowa 50112. Memories and condolences may be shared online with the family at www.smithfh.com. John Spencer Breeden was born on December 7, 1951, in Grinnell, Iowa, to Lee Edward Breeden and Ruth Elaine (Raber) Breeden. He was raised in Grinnell and he graduated from Grinnell High School with the class of 1970. He then enrolled in the auto mechanics program at Marshalltown Community College in Marshalltown. He was united in marriage to Virginia Montgomery on May 1, 1976, at the United Methodist Church in Grinnell. The couple lived on the family farm north of Grinnell and was blessed with two sons, Marty and Joey. John farmed for several years until his health would not allow. He was also employed at Miraco in Grinnell, where he has worked for twenty years. For the past five years he has also been employed at Van Wyk Freight Lines in Grinnell. He had worked for the following local businesses: Clark Brink Trucking, Goodyear Tire, and Campbell Implement. John's family always came first. He cherished the time spent with his grandchildren. He was an outdoorsman who held a passion for farming. He was also mechanically inclined and enjoyed working on race cars. The family recalled the great times they had while vacationing in St. Louis, going to Worlds of Fun in Kansas City, and the road trips to visit family in Tennessee. John is survived by his wife of 38 years, Virginia "Gin" Breeden of Grinnell; 2 sons, Marty (Rachel) Breeden of Lynnville, and Joey (Jamie Glass) of Grinnell; 8 grandchildren, Evan Breeden of Grinnell, Owen Bryan of Grinnell, Taylynn Breeden of Deep River, Shyanne Breeden of Grinnell, Haley Breeden of Lynnville, Ty Breeden of Lynnville, Austin Roshek of Grinnell, and Taegan Glass of Grinnell; siblings, Christine Carnes of Grinnell, Jim (Cheryl) Breeden of North Platte, Nebraska, Sandi Bergmann of Grinnell, Jeff (Deb) Breeden of Kellogg, Bev Duncan of Grinnell, Kevin (Lori) Breeden of Grinnell, Ed (Mary Ann) Breeden of Woodbury, Tennessee, and Jill Breeden of Austin, Texas; and many nieces and nephews. John was preceded in death by his parents; father and mother-in-law, Keith and Betty Montgomery; brothers-in-law, Jim Duncan and Paul Bergmann; and sister-in-law, Debbie Breeden.