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Mervin Burton Groesbeck

1919 - 2001

 

Mervin Groesbeck
1919 - 2001

Mervin "Buzz" Groesbeck, 82, of Garner died Thursday Nov. 15, 2001 at Mercy Medical Center - North Iowa, Mason City.

Funeral services were Monday at the United Methodist Church in Klemme with the Rev. Paddy Druhl officiating. Music was provided by organist Margaret Tue who accompanied soloist, Lance Arnold and congregational hymns. Ushers were Calvin Bruggeman and Arlyn Waddingham.

Honorary bearers were Curtis Greimann, Eugene Greimann, Glenn Wille, Paul Lau, Ronald Gibbs, Bob Schulz, Paul Thiemann and Gale Prescott.

Casket bearers were Ronald E. Dolan, Robert Eisenlauer, Jason Albers, Nathan McGrew, Matthew Dolan, Anthony McGrew, John Eisenlauer and Dillon Eisenlauer.

Burial was in Ell Township Cemetery in Klemme with military rites by the Klemme Veterans Ceremonial Unit. The Cataldo Funeral Home of Garner was in charge of arrangements.

Mervin "Buzz" Burton Groesbeck, the son of Clarence H. and Minnie (Blocker). Groesbeck was born Jan. 17, 1919, on a farm southeast of Garner in Ell Township in Hancock County. Buzz attended the rural schools of Ell Township and Garner High School. After school, he helped his father on the farm.

On May 6, 1941 he was inducted into the U.S. Army and served his country during WW II as a Sergeant in the European - African - Middle Eastern Theater Campaigns. Following his discharge on July 12, 1945, he returned home and continued to farm.

On June 27, 1946, he married Doris V. Pringnitz at the Liberty Methodist Church west of Klemme. They made their home east of Klemme where they farmed and raised their family. In 1983 they retired from farming and moved to Garner.

Mr. Groesbeck enjoyed spending time with his family and grandchildren. He also enjoyed driving school bus for five years, fishing, wood working and his morning coffee with his friends. He was a baptized member of the United Methodist Church in Klemme. He was also a member of the Garner VFW, Klemme American Legion, Farm Bureau and was a former Township Chairman.

He is survived by his wife, Doris of Garner, three children; Berdean Dolan and husband Ron of West Des Moines, Myrna Eisenlauer and husband Bill of Pleasant Hill, and Bradley Groesbeck and wife Linda of Garner, a foster daughter Alicia McGrew and husband Paul of Marshalltown, fifteen grandchildren: Ronnie E. Dolan and wife Tracy; Renee and Matt Dolan; Robert, Anna, John and Dillon Eisenlauer; Jason and Amy Alners; and Joshua, Ariane, Nathan, Anthony, Hannah and Serena McGrew and five great-grandchildren.

Survivors also include two sisters, Arlene Mullin and husband Armour of Ames and Maxine Skoda and husband Adrian of New Hampton; two sisters-in-law, Maxine Groesbeck of Sheffield and Judy Harp of Minnesota and nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his daughter, Linda in 1969; his father, Clarence in 1983; his mother, Minnie, in 1936; his step-mother, Pauline, in 1990; and three brothers; Ronald in 1991, Eugene in 1991 and Lowell in 1979.

source: Leader & Signal, Garner, Iowa, 21 Nov 2001, page 6, column 1

 

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