Groe, Audrey Annette (1932-2019)
GROE, EVANS, HOVEY, MEIERDING, LANGE, BEAL
Posted By: Paul Nagy (email)
Date: 1/31/2019 at 22:52:50
Audrey Annette Groe
December 18, 1932 - January 1, 2019Audrey Annette Evans Groe, 86, of Lake Mills, Iowa, died on Tuesday, January 1, 2019, at the Mayo Clinic Health System-Albert Lea Hospital in Albert Lea, Minnesota.
Audrey Annette was born in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, on December 18, 1932, to Noble E. and Myrtle (Hovey) Evans. Baptized at Naples Lutheran Church, rural Buffalo County, Wisconsin, and confirmed at Central Lutheran Church, Mondovi, Wisconsin, she attended Mondovi public schools through the tenth grade when her family moved to Red Wing, Minnesota. In 1950, she graduated from Red Wing High School and in 1954, from St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota, with a degree in Christian education.
Before her marriage, Audrey worked from 1954 to 1957 as the Director of Christian Education at Grace Lutheran Church, Albert Lea, Minnesota. On November 24, 1957, she married Comer Groe and moved to Worth County, Iowa, where she lived as a farm wife for over forty years. Before starting a family, she worked for a short time at Deluxe Factory in Lake Mills. Audrey and Comer were, subsequently, blessed with three children: Jorun, Amos, and Christma.
Active in her church, Sion Lutheran, Audrey sang in the choir, taught Sunday School and Vacation Bible School, worked with the church women’s group and her circle, organized the quilting group, and held various leadership positions. In addition, she sang for many years with the Lake Mills Community Choir and became a charter member of the Lake Mills Fine Arts Guild. A fantastic organizer and a wonderful cook, she, always, enjoyed entertaining family and friends in her home. Indeed, she delighted in sharing her “tea rings” with many lucky recipients. Her five granddaughters will, especially, remember her themed tea parties.
Employed by Twedt Insurance, Lake Mills, and for seventeen years with the Worth County ASCS in Northwood, Iowa, Audrey retired in 1995. In 2000, she and Comer moved to Lake Mills and turned the farm over to their son, Amos. A prolific letter writer, Audrey corresponded over the years with many, many friends. At the age of 79, she got her first computer and enjoyed communicating with family and friends via email.
Audrey died on January 1, 2019. Preceded in death by her parents and a brother, Noel Evans, as well as by her parents-in-law, Alfred and Elizabeth Groe, she is survived by her husband of 61 years, Comer Groe, of Lake Mills; her children: Jorun (Paul) Meierding, of Mankato, Minnesota, Amos (Marna) Groe, of Lake Mills, and Christma (Todd) Lange, of Albert Lea; her grandchildren: Brook (Calvin) Beal; Ashley, Brittany, and Colby Groe; Henrik, Jens, and Solveig Lange; Erika and Karl (Sara) Meierding; and one great-grandson, Roan Beal; and his special friend, Bernice “Tom” Thompson, of Albert Lea
Audrey’s funeral will be held at 2:00 PM on Friday, January 4, 2019, at Sion Lutheran Church, 4527 Finch Avenue, Lake Mills, Iowa 50450, with Pastor Paul Meierding officiating. Burial will follow in Sion cemetery. Visitation is scheduled at the church for one hour before the service. Memorials may be directed to Sion Lutheran Church, 4527 Finch Avenue, Lake Mills, Iowa, 50450.
Mittelstadt Funeral Home, Lake Mills, Iowa, 2019.
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