Submitted by: Mary Jo Koran

SBT – March 27, 1995

Larry J. Grocke

Jan. 24, 1948-March 26, 1995

SOUTH BEND - Larry J. Grocke, 47, of Fairview Drive, died at 7:25 a.m. Sunday in St. Joseph's Medical Center, South Bend, after an illness. Mr. Grocke had been a draftsman.

He was born Jan. 24, 1948, in Mishawaka. On Feb. 24, 1968, in South Bend, he married Vicky L. Marshall. She survives with two daughters, Lesley L. Grocke-Thompson of West Jordan, Utah, and Heather Jean Grocke of South Bend; three grandchildren; his mother, Clara Finlan of South Bend; a sister, Debbie Bickel of South Bend; and a brother, Mike of South Bend.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday in Bubb Funeral Chapel-Downtown, 202 N. Main St. Burial will be in Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens, Osceola. Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday in the funeral chapel.