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ROY GROVE Newspaper: Monona, Iowa Date: Wednesday August 9, 1989 ROY GROVE SERVICES Funeral services for Roy GROVE were held Saturday, August 5, 1989, at 11:00 a.m. at the Garden City Methodist Church in Monona, Rev. Gary Dobbins officiated. Organist was Priscilla Miene and soloist was Carole Gerdes. Burial was in the Monona City Cemetery. Honorary pallbearers were Jack GOLTZ, Don WIRKLER, Harvey LANDT, Elmer RADLOFF, George SMITH, Bob JACOBSON, Vern HUPFER, and Marlyn HENDERSON. Active pallbearers were Ned FOX, Larry DAWSON, Wayne LANDT, Lester HENDERSON, Andy WOLD, and Kermit KLINGE. Schultz’s Funeral Home in Monona was in charge of services. Roy Louis GROVE was born March 11, 1910 near New Hampton, Iowa in Chickasaw County, to parents Abner and Julia SCHOENFELD GROVE. He was baptized in The Christian Republic Church, Republic, Iowa. He received his education in the New Hampton Schools graduating from high school in 1928. He attended Iowa State University in Ames and received a teaching certificate. On December 25, 1930 Roy was united in marriage to Marvelyn Alice TRUSTY at the Little Brown Church in Nashua, Iowa. To this union three children were born. Roy taught school in Klemme and Stanley, Iowa. In 1940 he moved to Monona where he owned and operated the Grove Feed Mill and Hatchery until 1987. Roy died at his home Wednesday, August 2, 1989. He was a member of the Brotherlove Masonic Lodge #204, Shriners, Monona Kiwanis, and Garden City United Methodist Church. He also served on the school board. Preceding him in death were his parents and three brothers, Charles, Lynn, and Grant GROVE. Surviving are his wife, Marvelyn; one son and wife, Dennis and Margaret GROVE of Harpers Ferry; two daughters and their husbands, Jacquelyn and Alan BUTTERFIELD of Stillwater, Minn., and Judith and Gaylord OELKE of Monona; 9 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; three brothers Laurence and Glen of New Hampton and Warren (Bill) of New Hartford, Ia; and one sister, Hazel HANLEY of Vancouver, Wash. MARVELYN A. GROVE Newspaper: Monona, Iowa Date: December 27, 1996 Marvelyn A. GROVE, 84, died Thursday, Dec. 26, 1996, in Prairie Memorial Hospital, Prairie du Chien, Wis., after a sudden illness. Services: 3 p.m. Saturday, Garden City United Methodist Church. Burial: Monona City Cemetery. Friends may call from 3 to 8 p.m. today and 11a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at Schultz’s Funeral Home, Monona. Survivors include a son, Dennis of Monona; two daughters Jacquelyn BUTTERFIELD of Stillwater, Minn., and Judith OELKE of Monona; and a sister, Elaine SHRIVER of Moquoketa. Contributed By: Sue Butterfield Picard Email: suepcard@charter.net |