Obit: Grottke, Alma A. (1898 - 1978)

Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon
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Surnames: Grottke, Durni, Quast, Tess, Sternitzky, Johnson, Schemitz, Scharf, Winkler, Janke, Winters, Potts, Metcalf, Scheeler, Lindloff

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI) 1/12/1978

Grottke, Alma A. (27 March 1898 – 10 January 1978)

Funeral services were held Friday for Alma A. Grottke, 79, Neillsville, who died January 10 at the Neillsville Memorial Home, after a lingering illness. She was born March 27, 1898, and educated in the Neillsville area, she worked on her parents farm before moving to Milwaukee at the age of 22 where she worked until her retirement in 1962. She moved back to Neillsville in 1974.

She is survived by a sister, Mrs. Faune (Ida) Durni of Hatfield, and three brothers, Herbert of Hatfield, Ben of Marshfield and Arnold of Platteville.

She is preceded in death by her parents, Ernest and Anna Grottke; three brothers and a sister.

With the Rev. Norman W. Lindloff officiating, services were held at St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church with burial in the Neillsville City Cemetery. “The Lord Is My Shepherd” and “Asleep in Jesus” were sung by Kathy Quast, accompanied by Paul Tess. Pallbearers included Roger Grottke, Edwin Sternitzky, Albert Marks, Thone Karnitz, Henry Thoma and Andy Johnson.

Friends and relatives from out of town were from Marshfield: Mr./Mrs. Ben Grottke, Mr./Mrs. Andrew Johnson, Mrs. Brenda Schemitz and Tiffany, Barbara Johnson, Mr./Mrs. Leonard Bolster; from Granton: Mr./Mrs. Harold Scharf, Mr./Mrs. Henry Winkler, Mr./Mrs. Edwin Sternitzky, Mrs. Edna Janke, and Mrs. Celon Winters; Mr./Mrs. LaRue Potts, Greenwood; Mrs. LaVern Metcalf of Chicago; Carl Scheeler of Mazomanie; and Mrs. Dorothy Grottke, Sauk City.