Mrs. Oscar Grothe To Be Buried Mon.

Mrs. Oscar Grothe (Clara Belle) passed away at the Memorial Community Hospital on May 27th at the age of 76.

She was born to Mr. and Mrs. A. Parr in Iowa on May 24th, 1888, in Iowa.

Thirteen years ago she was married to Oscar Grothe and has made her home in Blair since then.

Survivors, besides her husband, are two children, Mrs. Herbert Webster of Blair and Clifford Parr of Portland, Oregon, two half-brothers, Orin Gustin of Phoenix, Arizona, and Ellsworth Gustin of Centralia, Washington. Also 15 grandchildren, 25 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren. Harold Young of Omaha was raised by Mr. and Mrs. Grothe and also survives.

Funeral services will be held at 2 P.M. on Monday, June 1st at the Christian Church. The Rev. Gail Dunning will officiate. Campbell’s Mortuary is in charge of arrangements and burial will be in the Blair Cemetery.

Pallbearers will be Dale Grothe, Oscar Grothe, Ernest Grothe, John Grothe, Glen Green and David Jensen.

#2 Memories of her great-granddaughter Sue Bigsby on 20 Oct 2022

Clara Belle Parr Springer Thirtle Grothe was my mother's maternal grandmother. After my mother's father passed in 1943, my mother, her sisters and mother (Grace Sublett) moved in with Clara Belle Thirtle. Mr. Thirtle was head grower for Eder Florist in Omaha and they lived in a beautiful large home across the street from the greenhouses at 28th & Bristol in Omaha. My mother's mother had never worked outside the home but found she had great talent arranging flowers and was employed at Eder Florist soon becoming their head flower arranger. My mom and dad were married in her grandmother's home on Bristol Street in Omaha in July, 1948.

~~~ obituary courtesy of the Nebraska Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Public Library, Blair, Nebraska ~~~

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