GOVRO, John Jerome 1873-1957

GOVRO, GASHEL, EWALD, FIELD, WHEELER

Posted By: Diane M Scott (email)
Date: 8/30/2012 at 12:10:00

John Jerome Govro – August 4, 1873 – April 27, 1957

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Memorial Services For John J. Govro, August 4, 1873 -- April 27, 1957, Weaver Funeral Home, Tuesday, April 30, 1957, 2:00 P.M.; Clergyman, Reverand George Gaker. Casket Bearers: Dale Willer, LaVerne Bakeman, Clinton Cooper, Raymond Rentz, Dale Baehne, Harry Johnson. Interment Riverside Cemetery Rockford, Iowa.

Obit -- John Grovo Dies. Funeral Set at Rockford

-- Funeral services for John Jerome Grovo, 84, will be conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Weaver Funeral Home. The Rev. George Baker will officiate and burial will be in Riverside Cemetery.

Mr. Grovo died Saturday at Cedar Valley Hospital, Charles City. He had been ill for a few days. He was born on August 4, 1873, in Clear Lake, the son of Jerome and Margaret Grovo. On November 26, 1896, he was married to Ida Rose Gashel in Mason City.

He had lived in Rockford for 77 years. Mr. Grovo was a bricklayer and mason before his retirement.

He is survived by his wife and four children: Kenneth, Miami, of Florida, Virgil, of Honolulu, Hawaii; Madge Ewald, of Marble Rock, and Vivian Field, of Rockford; two grandchildren; a sister, Edna Wheeler, Iowa City; and a brother, Roy, Rockford.

He was buried on 30 Apr 1957 in Riverside Cemetery, Rockford, Floyd, IA.
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50th WEDDING ANNIVERSARY

Ida Gashel and John Jerome Govro were married on 26 Nov 1896 in Mason City, Cerro Gordo, IA.
Celebrate Golden Wedding Fifty years of married life -- fifty years spent facing life's sunshine and storms together -- was fittingly observed Sunday, November 24, by Mr. and Mrs. John Govro, when their Golden Wedding anniversary was celebrated.

A dinner for the family and close relatives, numbering eighteen, was served at the B & B Cafe Sunday noon. Open house was held from 2 to 5 o'clock in the social room of the Methodist church where 150 relatives and friends called to extend felicitations. Baskets of yellow chrysanthemums were used as decorations. A beautifully appointed table extended across one side of the room. Covered with a table cloth of lace, it was centered with a beautifully decorated three-tier wedding cake bearing a miniature bridal couple. Tall white candles with crystal holders tied with bows of gold lace ribbon and bouquets of yellow baby "Mums", gleaming silver and white with gold monogrammed napkins completed the table setting. Refreshments of ice cream in gold rosebud fashioned cups and wedding cake were served all guests.

Assisting in the serving were Mrs. Vern Mosher, Mrs. C. E. Bruce, Miss Lillian Woelfer of Rockford, and Mrs. Roy Peet, Mrs. Kenneth Fox and Mrs. Ray Gardner, all of Waterloo. Margaret Riepe of Nora Springs had charge of the quest book. LaVerne Bakeman at the piano provided lovely music. Misses Betty Smith and Patty Hubbard sang a group of old-time favorite songs. The honor guests received many lovely gifts, which filled a long table in a corner of the room, and bore mute evidence of the esteem in which they are held.

John Govro of Rock Falls and Ida M. Gashel of Nora Springs were married Nov. 26, 1896 at the Methodist parsonage in Mason City with the Rev. Wm. Davis officiating. They were attended by Miss Carrie Beers and Adolph Gashel of Nora Springs.

Four children were born to this union; Kenneth, of Rockford; Virgil, of Honolulu, T.H.; Madge, teacher in the Mason City schools, and Vivian, now Mrs. Oliver Field of Rockford. All were in attendance at the celebration Sunday as was Adolph Gashel of Waterloo, attendant at their marriage. Mrs. Gashel was unable to be present because of ill health.

Out of town relatives and friends present were: Cora V. Kane and Rita Vaux, of Union, Iowa; Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Kane, Des Moines; Mr. and Mrs. Will Kane, Iowa Falls; Madge Govro, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Gashel, Mr. and Mrs. Heino Ihde, Mr. and Mrs. Wade Vasbinder, Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Gashel and Billy, Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Carman and Bonnie, Mr. and Mrs. Buehl Carman and Terry, all of Mason City; Mr. and Mrs. Holger Heilskov, Gene and Linda, Mr. Delbert Blom, of Hampton; Mr. Adolph Gashel, Mrs. Roy Peet and Connie, Mrs. Kenneth Fox, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Gardner, Charles, Carol and Kenneth, all of Waterloo; Mr. and Mrs. Harold Seaver, Marilyn, Donald and Charlene, Cedar Falls; Mr. and Mrs Roy Swanson, Ronnie and Terry, Emma Rodrian, of Plymouth; Mr. and Mrs. Donald Ueker, Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Woodbury, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Witzel, Mrs. Myrtle Bruce, Charles City; Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ueker and Wayne, Mr. and Mrs. R. V. Thompson and Kay, Mr. and Mrs. Jake Gashel, Mrs. John Gashel, Miss Margaret Riepe, Dawn Marshall, Nora springs; Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Lines and Merland, Marble Rock; Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Tumilson, Thomas and David, Floyd, Iowa; Mr. and Mrs. Bert Field, Karol and Dennis, Rudd; John G. Burger, Laomont, Wyo. Relatives from in town attending were: Mr. and Mrs. John Carman, Mr. and Mrs. Archie Kreider, Leighton, Harlan and Bobbie, Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Govro and Gary, Mrs. Lorraine Henderson, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Govro, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Field, Rockford; Virgil Govro, Honolulu, Terr. of Hawaii. In addition there were present a host of friends from this community whose names are not published for lack of space.