OBITUARY: Norris Groe, 1934-2003, Worth Co., Iowa
[ Northwood Anchor online - posted Sep. 17, 2003 ]
Norris Groe
Memorial service for Norris Groe, 68, will be Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. at
Sion Lutheran Church, rural Lake Mills, with Rev. Kevin Mackey officiating.
Burial will be at the church cemetery.
Norris died Sunday, Sept. 14, 2003, at Mercy Medical Center-North Iowa
in Mason City.
Norris Groe, son of Norris and Ruth (Hove) Groe, was born Nov. 13, 1934,
in Worth County, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at Sion Lutheran
Church, rural Lake Mills. He graduated from Lake Mills Community High
School. Norris joined the United States Marine Corps and was honorably
discharged on May 29, 1962, as a Corporal E-3.
He married Mildred Dodge in Santa Anna, California. Norris and Millie
had two children, Norris Richard III, born Sept. 30, 1957, and Robin,
born Nov. 9, 1963. Norris moved back to Lake Mills in 1970 and worked
at Winnebago Industries for 20-plus years and retired in 1994.
Survivors include his daughter, Robin Groe and Ed Easton of Newport
Beach, California; his son, Norris Groe III (J.R.) and his wife Vickie
of Kiester, Minnesota; two grandsons; two brothers, David and his fiance
Lory of Lake Mills, Royden and his wife Zona of Casa Grande, Arizona;
four sisters, Vivian Meehlhause of Clear Lake, Jeorgene Huso and her
husband Steven of Brandon, South Dakota, Kathy Hanson and her husband
Dennis of Lake Mills, Denise Kobler and her husband Kurt of Flower
Mound, Texas, and many nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Ruth and Norris; brothers,
Steven and Marvin; sister Fran; brother-in-law, Gary Meehlhause and
his mother-in-law, Lea Dodge and father-in-law, George Dodge.
Copyright 2003, K. Kittleson
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