Obit: Grottke, Fred (1885 - 1971)

Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon
E-mail: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Grottke, Pusheck, Engelsman, Wilson, Paulson, Dombro, Moh, Sternitzky, Weichelt, Helm, Garbisch, Roehrs

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co, WI) 7/15/1971

Grottke, Fred (11 January 1885 - 8 July 1971)

Funeral services for Fred Grottke, 86, of Memorial Home, who died July 8, were held Monday, July 12 at 2 p.m. from Zion Lutheran Church in Granton with the Rev. Roland Roehrs officiating. Interment was in the church cemetery. The Gilbertson Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

Fred Grottke was born January 11, 1885, in Germany. He came to the United States as a child and received his education at the Poplar Grove School and at the Mapleworks Lutheran School at Granton. His marriage to the former Lydia Pusheck took place in Granton on May 24, 1915. The Grottke’s lived on a farm in the Town of Lynn until 1966 when he entered Memorial Home. He was a member of Zion Lutheran Church in Granton.

Survivors, in addition to his wife, include four daughters: Mrs. John (Dorothy) Engelsman of Maywood, Il. Mrs. Gertrude Wilson of Chicago, Il., Mrs. Chapman (Ethel) Paulson of Neillsville, and Mrs. Ruth Dombro of Wheaton, Il.; one son, Louis Grottke of Granton; and eight grandchildren.

Pallbearers were Lucien Moh, Herbert Sternitzky, Edwin Sternitzky, Erwin Sternitzky, Wi9lliam Weichelt and Louis Helm. The Hymns “What a Friend We Have in Jesus” and “Beautiful Savior” were sung by the congregation. Mrs. Lee Garbisch was the organist.