Andrew H. Grollmes
Andrew H. Grollmes,
84, of Netawaka, Kansas, died Friday, March 1, 2002, at his rural Netawaka
home.
He
was born November 14, 1917, on a farm north of Centralia, Kansas, the
son of Henry A. and Clara Reinecke Grollmes. His mother died in a flu
epidemic when he was about four years old. He grew up there, helped
on the family farm, and attended Sherman School near his home. On April
20, 1942, during World War II, he was inducted into the US Army. He
served with Battery B, 3rd Field Artillery Observation Battalion in
France and Germany. He was discharged November 25, 1945. He returned
to Kansas and lived on a farm west of Corning.
On November 14, 1951, he married Mary
Ann Stallbaumer at St. Patrick's Church at Corning. They farmed near
Netawaka and also operated a dairy. She survives of the home in Netawaka.
Besides farming, "Andy" worked for Rockwell International
at Atchison, Kansas from 1963 to 1967, and in construction for E&R
and D&L Construction Companies in Wetmore from 1968 to 1982.
He was a member of St. James Church at
Wetmore.
Survivors besides his wife, Mary Ann,
are five sons; Gary Grollmes, Linus Grollmes, and Lynn Grollmes, all
of Netawaka, Victor Grollmes of Holton, Kansas, Mark Grollmes of Circleville,
Kansas; four daughters, Donna Toman of Olathe, Kansas, Clara Child of
Whitting, Kansas, Jane Bailey of Lawrence, Kansas, Karen Gudenkauf of
Seneca, Kansas; a sister Delores "Peg" Niehues of Goff, Kansas;
14 grandchildren and a step great-grandson.
He was preceded in death by a son, Edward Leo Grollmes on May 9, 1986.
He was also preceded in death by four sisters Elizabeth Graney, Mary
Smith, Katherine Duryea, and Leona "Bobbie" Grollmes.
The mass of Christian burial will be 10
A.M. Monday at St. Patrick's Church in Corning. The burial will be in
the Wetmore Cemetery, Wetmore, Kansas, with full military honors by
the Levick-Barrett Post #282 of the American Legion in Wetmore. The
rosary will be prayed at the Lauer Funeral Home in Seneca on Saturday
at 7 P.M. and on Sunday at 2 and 7 P.M. He will lie in state at the
funeral home after 4 P.M. Saturday.
Memorials may be given for St. James Church or the
Jackson County Hospice and sent in care of the family.