 1919 - 2002 (83 years)
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| Name |
John Kenneth Groves |
| Born |
18 Apr 1919 |
Chappell, Nebraska, USA  |
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Male |
| Died |
30 Nov 2002 |
Sidney, Nebraska, USA |
| Buried |
Chappell Cemetery, Chappell, Deuel County, Nebraska, USA |
| Person ID |
I18441 |
Family Tree |
| Last Modified |
15 Mar 2016 |
| Family |
Vivian Lucille Rice, b. 2 Nov 1918, Chappell, Nebraska, USA , d. 10 Dec 2010, Chappell, Nebraska, USA (Age 92 years) |
| Married |
22 Nov 1938 |
Wray, Colorado, USA |
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| Last Modified |
15 Mar 2016 |
| Family ID |
F8627 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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 | Born - 18 Apr 1919 - Chappell, Nebraska, USA |
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 | Married - 22 Nov 1938 - Wray, Colorado, USA |
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 | Died - 30 Nov 2002 - Sidney, Nebraska, USA |
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 | Buried - - Chappell Cemetery, Chappell, Deuel County, Nebraska, USA |
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| Notes |
- John Kenneth Groves, 83, Chappell, died Saturday, Nov. 30 at Memorial Health Center in Sidney. His funeral is today at 2 p.m. at the Chappell United Methodist Church with Rev. Harun Gatobu officiating. Burial will follow in the Chappell Cemetery.
John Kenneth Groves was born April 18, 1919 in Chappell, the son of John Watson and Amelia (Gassner) Groves. The family moved to a farm four miles north of Chappell when he was five years old. After attending public school, John drove transports and road construction trucks. He also hauled dirt for the Kingsley Dam north of Ogallala.
On Nov. 22, 1938 John married Vivian Lucille Rice in Wray, Colo. The couple lived in the Goodview area for five years. Then in 1943, they bought his father?s farm where John resided until his death.
He was a member of the Chappell United Methodist Church and a Past Worshipful Master (1961) of the Golden Fleece Lodge #205 of the Masonic Order, A.F. & A.M. in Chappell. The Grand Lodge presented John his 50-year Masonic membership on May 26, 1999. He received his 50-year Eastern Star membership pin on April 3, 2001 for his membership in the Luceba Chapter #220, O.E.S.
As a young man, he loved to hunt and fish.
Survivors include his wife, Vivian L. Groves of Chappell; two daughters, Mary L. Groves and Marcia A. Groves, both of Chappell; two sisters, Garnett Frederick of Lincoln City, Ore. and Arlynne Hochhalter of Nampa, Idaho and one brother, Orville Groves of Parma, Idaho
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