OBIT: Jacob B. Grove, 1948, East Berlin, Adams County, PA

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September 17, 1948, News Comet, Gettysburg, PA 
Jacob B. Grove, 79, died at 6:15 a.m. Monday at the home of his son-in-law and 
daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lau, East Berlin, with whom he had been residing. 
Death followed a lingering illness. He had been a butcher for 20 years retiring 
10 years ago. He was a member of the Lutheran church of East Berlin and the East 
Berlin fire company. Besides the daughter with whom he resided, he leaves these 
children: Charles M. Grove, York; Mrs. Walter Sowers, York; Mrs. Elmer Paxton, 
York R.D.; and Mrs. Paul Krenzer, Hanover; seven grandchildren, a great-
grandchild and two brothers, Noah B. Grove, York, and Charles B. Grove, 
Middletown. Funeral services at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Emig funeral home, East 
Berlin. The Rev. Snyder Alleman officiated. Internment in East Berlin Union 
cemetery. 
Pallbearers were his son-in-law, Elmer Paxton, Robert Lau, Paul Krenzer and 
Walter Sowers, and his grandsons, Leon Paxton and Elvin Lau.