OBITUARY: Pearl Sime Groe, 1894-1960, Worth County, Iowa


                             Pearl Sime Groe

Mrs. Elmer Groe.  Pearl Groe (66) died on the Groe farm, east of Lake Mills
on November 21, 1960.  She had gone there with her son, Arlen, to do some
work when she suffered a fatal heart attack.  Mr. and Mrs. Groe and Arlen
had moved to Albert Lea to spend the winter months.

She was baptized and confirmed at Silver Lake, having been born Pearl
Sime Groe on April 28, 1894 on a farm in Worth Co., where she had lived
all her life, except the five winters the family had spent in Albert Lea.
Her parents were Mr. and Mrs. John Sime.

She is survived by her husband, Elmer Groe; two daughters, Mrs. Leonard
(Evelyn) Fjelstad, Lake Mills and Mrs. Melbourne (Carmen) Butler,
Northwood; seven sons, Burnell, Elton and Donald Groe, Albert Lea; Duane
Groe, Glenville, MN; Gerald Groe, Austin, MN; Eugene Groe, Iowa City and
Arlen, at home.  A son, Orin, died in infancy.

She is survived byee sisters, Mrs. Clifford Nelson, Northwood; Mrs.
Rudolph Nystuen, Lake Mills and Mrs.Arnold Tue, Albert Lea; three brothers,
John, Gilmer and Arnold Sime, Northwood. The funeral was held at Silver
Lake, with the Rev. B.E. Nyjordet officiating

(Graphic 11-23-1960)


Copyright (c) 2002 by Elaine Bergan
(Note: Not necessarily related to the subject of this obituary.)

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