Submitted by: Dan Rich

Jerry F. Groves

Feb. 1, 1929 - Feb. 19, 1994

South Bend Tribune 2/21/1994

WALKERTON - Jerry F. Groves, 65, of 1505 Tamarack Road, died at 6:35 p.m. Saturday in Mayflower Care Center, Plymouth, after an illness. Mr. Groves was a carpenter and farmer. He was born Feb. 1, 1929, in Parkston, S.D., and lived in Walkerton most of his life, coming from Columbia City.

On July 23, 1949, in Walkerton, he married Marjorie Joan Schultz. She survives with two daughters, Denise Zahrn of Summerville, S.C., and Karen Somers of Fort Wayne; six sons, David and Brian, both of Mishawaka, Jim, Damon, and Steven, all of Walkerton, and Dennis of Lakeville; four grandchildren; four sisters, Mary Ellen Reiff of Albuquerque, N.M., Lorraine Tebay of Pasco, Wash., and Dorothy Harder and Joan Pola, both of Mishawaka; and three brothers, Norbert of Summerville, Tom of Bristol, and Dennis of Walkerton. He was a member of St. Patrick's Catholic Church, Knights of Columbus Council 5709, American Legion Post 189, and was a veteran of the Korean War.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday in St. Patrick's Catholic Church. Burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetery, where graveside services will be conducted by the American Legion. Friends may call from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. today in Nusbaum-Elkin Funeral Home, where a rosary will be said at 8 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made to the church.