Esther Louise (Smith) GROEN

GROEN, SMITH, MCALLISTER, KUHLERS, PETERSON, WHITE

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 2/26/2007 at 13:32:21

October 21, 2004

Esther L. Groen, 89, died on Monday, October 18, 2004, at the Belmond Health Care Center. Funeral services were held on Thursday, October 21, at the Retz-Grarup Funeral Home in Meservey, with interment in the Meservey Cemetery.

Esther Louise, was born on October 9, 1915 in Meservey, to Melvin and Emma (McAllister) Smith. She graduated from the Meservey School and attended nursing school in Mason City. She taught in a one room rural school house. Esther married Arnold Groen in 1937 and they lived in Meservey nearly all of their years together. She worked as an aide in the Belmond, Dows and Clear Lake Nursing Homes.

She was preceded in death by her parents; and her brothers and sisters, Hugh, Melvin, Harry, Senor, George, Ruth and Ethel. Esther is survived by her husband of Meservey; daughters, Donna (Bud) Kuhlers of Belmond and Diane (Leslie) Peterson of Meservey; grandchildren, Darla (Pat) White of Meservey, Lisa Kuhlers of Grimes, Kalin Kuhlers of Meservey, Angie Peterson of Kanawha and Brad Peterson of Alexander; six great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.

©Belmond Independent 2004