Jacob "Jake" Groskopf
Oct 2,1908-May 7,1994
A funeral for Jacob "Jake" Groskopf, 85, who died May 7, 1994, at the Scottsbluff hospital, will be at the Emmanuel Congregational Church in Scottsbluff. Burial will Be at Sunset Memorial Park in Scottsbluff. He was born to George and Katie (Gettman) Groskopf on Oct. 2, 1908, at Loma, Colo. The family later moved to the Valley, where he grew up and attended school. He married Edna Hartung April 21, 1934, in Gering, and they farmed in the Mitchell area and south of Gering from 1934 through 1954. He then worked for Barttles Implement Co., Peterson's Bean and Potato Co. and Kelly Bean Co. until a work-related accident caused his retirement in 1971. He was a member of the Emmanuel Congregational Church and Eagles Aerie No. 2998 at Gering and Gering American Legion Post No. 36. Survivors include his son William Groskopf of Mitchell; daughters Eldora Roberts of Portland, Ore., Ruth Ross of Scottsbluff, Patricia Harpole of Mitchell, Judith Darnall of Arlington, Texas, and JoAnn Holcomb of Gering; brother Bill Groskopf of Gering; sisters Frieda Heiter of Portland and Esther Carter of Vancouver, Wash.; 14 grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his wife, two grandsons, four brothers, one sister and his parents.
Scottsbluff Star Herald, Scottsbluff, Scottsbluff County, Nebraska
Oct 2,1908-May 7,1994
A funeral for Jacob "Jake" Groskopf, 85, who died May 7, 1994, at the Scottsbluff hospital, will be at the Emmanuel Congregational Church in Scottsbluff. Burial will Be at Sunset Memorial Park in Scottsbluff. He was born to George and Katie (Gettman) Groskopf on Oct. 2, 1908, at Loma, Colo. The family later moved to the Valley, where he grew up and attended school. He married Edna Hartung April 21, 1934, in Gering, and they farmed in the Mitchell area and south of Gering from 1934 through 1954. He then worked for Barttles Implement Co., Peterson's Bean and Potato Co. and Kelly Bean Co. until a work-related accident caused his retirement in 1971. He was a member of the Emmanuel Congregational Church and Eagles Aerie No. 2998 at Gering and Gering American Legion Post No. 36. Survivors include his son William Groskopf of Mitchell; daughters Eldora Roberts of Portland, Ore., Ruth Ross of Scottsbluff, Patricia Harpole of Mitchell, Judith Darnall of Arlington, Texas, and JoAnn Holcomb of Gering; brother Bill Groskopf of Gering; sisters Frieda Heiter of Portland and Esther Carter of Vancouver, Wash.; 14 grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his wife, two grandsons, four brothers, one sister and his parents.
Scottsbluff Star Herald, Scottsbluff, Scottsbluff County, Nebraska
Jacob "Jake" Groskopf
Oct 2,1908-May 7,1994
A funeral for Jacob "Jake" Groskopf, 85, who died May 7, 1994, at the Scottsbluff hospital, will be at the Emmanuel Congregational Church in Scottsbluff. Burial will Be at Sunset Memorial Park in Scottsbluff. He was born to George and Katie (Gettman) Groskopf on Oct. 2, 1908, at Loma, Colo. The family later moved to the Valley, where he grew up and attended school. He married Edna Hartung April 21, 1934, in Gering, and they farmed in the Mitchell area and south of Gering from 1934 through 1954. He then worked for Barttles Implement Co., Peterson's Bean and Potato Co. and Kelly Bean Co. until a work-related accident caused his retirement in 1971. He was a member of the Emmanuel Congregational Church and Eagles Aerie No. 2998 at Gering and Gering American Legion Post No. 36. Survivors include his son William Groskopf of Mitchell; daughters Eldora Roberts of Portland, Ore., Ruth Ross of Scottsbluff, Patricia Harpole of Mitchell, Judith Darnall of Arlington, Texas, and JoAnn Holcomb of Gering; brother Bill Groskopf of Gering; sisters Frieda Heiter of Portland and Esther Carter of Vancouver, Wash.; 14 grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his wife, two grandsons, four brothers, one sister and his parents.
Scottsbluff Star Herald, Scottsbluff, Scottsbluff County, Nebraska
Oct 2,1908-May 7,1994
A funeral for Jacob "Jake" Groskopf, 85, who died May 7, 1994, at the Scottsbluff hospital, will be at the Emmanuel Congregational Church in Scottsbluff. Burial will Be at Sunset Memorial Park in Scottsbluff. He was born to George and Katie (Gettman) Groskopf on Oct. 2, 1908, at Loma, Colo. The family later moved to the Valley, where he grew up and attended school. He married Edna Hartung April 21, 1934, in Gering, and they farmed in the Mitchell area and south of Gering from 1934 through 1954. He then worked for Barttles Implement Co., Peterson's Bean and Potato Co. and Kelly Bean Co. until a work-related accident caused his retirement in 1971. He was a member of the Emmanuel Congregational Church and Eagles Aerie No. 2998 at Gering and Gering American Legion Post No. 36. Survivors include his son William Groskopf of Mitchell; daughters Eldora Roberts of Portland, Ore., Ruth Ross of Scottsbluff, Patricia Harpole of Mitchell, Judith Darnall of Arlington, Texas, and JoAnn Holcomb of Gering; brother Bill Groskopf of Gering; sisters Frieda Heiter of Portland and Esther Carter of Vancouver, Wash.; 14 grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his wife, two grandsons, four brothers, one sister and his parents.
Scottsbluff Star Herald, Scottsbluff, Scottsbluff County, Nebraska
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