TERREBONNE and LAFOURCHE Parishes, La.

OBITUARIY for GROBE, MAXINE (WILLMANN)    

Submitted by: Louis Lavedan

Published in Houma Today & The Daily Comet from Feb. 10 to Feb. 11, 2014

Died: Saturday, Feb. 8, 2014

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GROBE, MAXINE (WILLMANN)  

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Mrs. George H. Grobe, nee Maxine Dolores Willmann, 86, a native and resident of 
Blanco, Texas, passed away in the Live Oak Medical Center in Blanco Saturday, 
Feb. 8, 2014. 

Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Schaetter Funeral Home in 
Fredericksburg, Texas, with the Rev. Ken Green officiating. 

Graveside services and burial will follow in Greenwood Cemetery in 
Fredericksburg. 

Pallbearers will be Drew Grobe, Vicki Grobe, David Grobe, Greg Polasek, Josh 
Melnar, Francis Delatte Jr., Larry Perry and Marshall Hensley. 

She was preceded in death by her loving husband of 54 years, George Henry 
Grobe; and parents, William Max Willmann and Clara Maier Willmann. 

Maxine is survived by her sons, Richard M. Grobe and wife, Rita, of Columbus, 
Texas, and George "Buddy" Grobe and wife, Molly, of Thibodaux. She is also 
survived by her grandchildren, Richard "Drew" Grobe and wife, Courtney, Andrea 
Polasek and husband, Greg, Vicki Elizabeth Grobe and fiancˇ, Joshua Melnar, 
David Michael Grobe, Amy Gautreaux and husband, Wallace, Cindy Daggs and 
husband, Jerome, and Francis Delatte Jr. and wife, Joan; 13 great-
grandchildren; and brother-in-law, Ralph King of Menard, Texas. 

She was born December 11th, 1927 in Austin, Texas, the daughter of William Max 
Willmann and Clara Maier Willmann. She married George H. Grobe on July 27th, 
1952, in Blanco, Texas. 
Maxine was a cherished member of Blanco United Methodist Church for 60 years. 
She graduated from Blanco High School in 1945 and received a B.S. in Home 
Economics, with a minor in Science from Southwest Texas Teachers College in 
1948. 
She taught home-economics and science for 27 years in Pasadena, Longview, 
LaGrange and Austin, Texas. She served as Gillespie County Home Demonstration 
Agent for 3 ? years and was an active member of the Chimney Valley EEA Club for 
many years. 
Maxine enjoyed sewing, cooking, canning, gardening and loved watching 
hummingbirds. 

She was a devoted and loving wife, mother, grandmother, and friend. She will be 
dearly missed by all who knew and loved her. 

The family would like to acknowledge and thank her dear friend and devoted 
caregiver of 10 years, Polly Hale, who loved and cared for her "Darling Mama" 
in a very special way. 
We would also like to thank caregivers, JoAnn Gonzalez and Brandy Hale, and 
Shandy Hale for their love and care to Maxine and the Grobe family over the 
past several years. 
Special thanks also goes to Live Oak Medical Center and Hill Country Memorial 
Hospice for their support. 

In lieu of flowers, the family asks that memorial donations be made in her 
memory to the Blanco United Methodist Church. 

Schaetter Fuenral Home in Fredericksburg, Texas, is in charge of arrangements. 

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