Obit: Griep, Fred (1892 - 1980)

Transcriber: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Griep, Gard, Monroe, Wellenmeyer

Source: Marshfield News Herald (Marshfield, WI) 13 Feb 1980

Griep, Fred (1 APR 1892 - 11 FEB 1980)

Neillsville – Former town of York (Clark Co., Wis.) farmer Fred Griep, 87, Beloit, died at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at a Beloit nursing home.

Services and burial will be Friday in Beloit.

He was born April 1, 1892 in Ocheyedan, Iowa, and attended Iowa schools. He came to this area in 1919 and in 1942 moved to Beloit.

His first wife, Myrtle, is deceased, and in 1964 he and the former Vida Gard were married here. She survives, along with four children, Elmer, Dale, Doreen Gard, and Joyce Monroe, all of Beloit. Tehre are several grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Also surviving, are a brother, Herman Griep of Marshfield, and a sister, Amanda Wellenmeyer of Lompoc, California.