GROVO, Marvin E. 1905-1951

GROVO

Posted By: Diane M Scott (email)
Date: 12/31/2011 at 08:09:53

Marvin E. Grovo -- February 5, 1905 – June 26, 1951

#1

WATERLOO MAN KILLS WIFE THEN HIMSELF
CRITICALLY WOUNDS HIS YOUNG SON

Waterloo – Marvin Grovo, 46, or Waterloo, fatally shot his wife, critically wounded his young son and then killed himself early Tuesday in a shooting which climaxed a family quarrel, Dr. Sidney Smith, Black Hawk County coroner, reported.

The boy, Andy Grovo, 6, was hospitalized in critical condition. The shooting occurred in a second story apartment in downtown Waterloo shortly after 4 a.m.

REPORTED MSSING
Detective Tom Berneman said Grovo on May 28 had told police his wife was missing and enlisted their aid. About 45 minutes before the shooting, Berneman said, Grovo came to police headquarters and said he had located his wife.

Police said Mrs. Grovo, 31, had been shot 3 times through the chest with a large caliber old fashioned pistol. The same weapon sent a bullet through the boy’s chest and also was used by Grovo in shooting himself in the head.

Mrs. Grovo apparently had been aroused from sleep. She was wearing night clothes and a robe. Both Grovo and his son were fully dressed.

Police said Mrs. Grovo apparently had been living alone in the downtown apartment since her disappearance was reported. The boy had been living with his father.

NEIGHBOR CALLS
First word police got of the tragedy was when Helen Heideman, who lived in a nearby apartment, called and said “some man is beating up his wife.”
Moments later she called again, told police to send an ambulance and said “a little boy’s been shot.”
When police arrived at the apartment both Grovo and his wife Nadine were dead and the boy was moaning. A bullet had entered the side of his chest, passed completely through his lungs and emerged at the other side.

Coroner Smith said no inquest was planned.

Mason City Globe Gazette, June 26, 1951

#2

First Lutheran Cemetery, St. Ansgar, Mitchell, Iowa
Marvin E. Grovo .. February 5, 1905 – June 26, 1951