Obituary Record

Oscar D. Jr. (Snooks) Grothe
Died on 10/26/1985

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Oscar Grothe, Jr.

Oscar D. “Snooks” Grothe, Jr., age 70 of Cozad, formerly of Blair, died October 26, 1985, at Cozad. He was born October 17, 1915, the son of Oscar and Margaret Grothe, of Blair and was raised on a farm near Blair.

He married Mildred Paulsen on March 3, 1938. They lived on a farm near Tekamah for 13 years and various places doing cement finish work on government installations. They moved to Cozad in 1955.

He owned and operated a café and a liquor store, later operating a seed corn dealership until 1981.

Grothe was a member of the American Lutheran Church, a charter member of the Cozad Elks Lodge and was a past member of the Cozad Chamber of Commerce.

He is survived by his wife, Mildred; one son, Don; one brother, John of Omaha; and one sister, Marjorie Green of Arcadia, California; and three granddaughters.

Services were Tuesday, October 29, at the American Lutheran Church of Cozad with burial in the Cozad Cemetery. There was a memorial established to the American Lutheran Church in his memory.

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