GROFF OBITUARIES, Henry County, Missouri
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GROFF, Forest Parks 1906 - 1994

Forest P. Groff, 88, of Mascoutah, IL, formerly of Deepwater, born May 23, 1906, 
in Bethlehem Community, died Friday, July 8, 1994, at his residence. Mr. Groff 
was a retired equipment operator from Peabody Coal Company and a member of 
First Baptist Church in Mascoutah, IL, UMWA Local 1148 in Marisa, IL, and Mo. 
Shasta RV Club. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Anna Margaret nee 
Gilbert, Groff; his parents, Lafe and Daisy, nee Parks, Groff; a grandson, Forest 
Leallen Groff in infancy; a brother Marion Groff; and a sister, Ruth Hutchison. 
Surviving are his wife, Irma Ruth, nee Walden, Brack Groff, whom he married 
June 7, 1953, in Deepwater; four sons, Forrest Wayne Groff and his wife Marie of 
El Dorado Springs, James Allen Groff and his wife Joan Sue of Clinton, David 
Groff and his wife Nancy of Mascoutah, IL, and the Rev. James Harold Brack and 
his wife Linda of Deepwater; a daughter, Peggy Sue Hills and her husband Fred of 
Osceola; two sisters, Esther Martin of Clinton and Hazel (Bernard) Dukes of 
Denver, Co.; thirteen grandchildren; and nineteen great-grandchildren. Services 
were held at the Moll Funeral Home in Mascoutah, IL, Monday, July 11 1994 at 10 
a.m. with the Rev. Larry Lewis officiating. Funeral services were held at the 
Baptist Church in Deepwater on Wednesday, July 13, 1994, at 10 a.m. with Rev. 
James Brack and Rev. Durward Scott officiating. I Bow My Knee and Cry Holy was 
sung by Stacy Wilson. The Old Rugged Cross and In The Garden were sung by Mrs. 
Ina McGinness with Mrs. Norma Chambers playing the organ. Pallbearers were 
Doug Chambers, Kent Scott, Raymond Green, Tom Dehn, Frank Brack, and Walter 
Dehn. Burial was in Englewood Cemetery in Clinton under the direction of 
Vansant-Mills Funeral Home.

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