M. Lucille Grobstick 1925-2012
DERGA, GROBSTICK, HERMSEN, STEFFENSMEIER
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Date: 2/22/2015 at 23:40:24
Telegraph Herald (Dubuque, IA) - Thursday, November 1, 2012
M. Lucille Grobstick, 86, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, formerly of Farley, Iowa, died Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, at Linn Manor Care Center, Marion.
Services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Nov. 2, at St. Matthew's Catholic Church, Cedar Rapids, with the Rev. David Beckman officiating. Burial will be at 2:30 p.m. Friday, in St. Joseph's Cemetery, Farley. Friends may call from 2 to 7 p.m. today at Stewart Funeral Home, 1844 First Ave. NE, Cedar Rapids, where a wake service will be at 4 p.m. Reiff Funeral Home, Farley, is in charge of arrangements.
Lucille was born on Dec. 28, 1925, in Manchester, daughter of Clarence H. and Augusta Marie (Derga) Grobstick. She was a graduate of St. Joseph's High School in Farley and also a graduate of Mount Mercy College in Cedar Rapids.
Lucille was employed at Iowa National Mutual Insurance Association until it closed. She then was employed at Merchants National Bank/Firstar until her retirement in 1993.
She was a member of St. Matthew's Parish in Cedar Rapids, where she also volunteered for many church committees. She was a member of the Mercy Auxiliary and the Catholic Daughters of the Americas and served as a volunteer for SHIIP.
Surviving are two sisters, Theresa Hermsen, of Dyersville, and Helen Grobstick, of Dubuque; five nieces and nephews, Paul (Kim) Hermsen, Sue Hermsen, Tim (Sandy) Hermsen, Joe Hermsen and Jenny Hermsen; a great-niece, Payton Mae Hermsen; a great-nephew, Jack Edward Hermsen; and three stepgreat-nieces, Kelsey, Courtney and Kylie Steffensmeier.
She was preceded in death by her parents; a sister, Clara Mae Grobstick, on Feb. 16, 2005; and a brother-in-law, Clarence E. Hermsen, on Aug. 9, 2011.
A M. Lucille Grobstick Memorial Fund has been established.
Online condolences may be left for the family at www.reifffuneralhomeinc.com.
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