Daughter of George Barbiea and Margaret Voss.
Sister of August, Albert, Alma, and George Barbiea.
For decades, many poor people throughout Northern Kentucky and abroad have benefited from the work of Henrietta M. Groh, who donated more than 26,000 hours as a volunteer and served the community for more than 60 years.
"We got plaques all over the house from governors, mayors, all the high-class politicians," said her son, Roland A. Hodges of Alexandria. "She stayed busy and liked to run things."
Mrs. Groh died Wednesday at Village Care Center in Erlanger. She was 103.
She was born in Newport and had three brothers and one sister.
She married Roland Hodges on January 1, 1921, in Newport, Kentucky. He was a son of William and Amelia Hodges.
As a young bride and mother, she and her then 2-year-old son, Roland, left their Newport home in 1923 to live in Central America where her first husband, Roland, was assigned to work as a paymaster for the Tropical Railroad in the jungle at the Port of Castillo, Spanish Honduras.
While there, she was instrumental in establishing the first hospital. She was known as the "jungle nurse." She became pregnant and decided to return to Kentucky to have her child. That child, a daughter, Audrey, died at the age of 5 months of infantile paralysis in 1926. The family returned to Kentucky after three years. The couple later divorced.
She married Cletus Groh in 1936; he died in May 1968.
Mrs. Groh worked as a secretary to a probation officer. She then worked for the Campbell County Welfare Office and was appointed director in 1956, serving in that position for 15 years. In 1966, the Northern Kentucky Community Action program was established and Mrs. Groh was appointed to serve on the board. She retired in 1980.
"When I was a little girl I remember sitting in her office and taking food, clothing and other needs to people. In the '60s, there were not a lot of women in high positions. She proved that women could do whatever a man could do," said a granddaughter, Sue Moore of Villa Hills, vice president for planning, policy and budget at Northern Kentucky University. "She inspired me the most in wanting to be a public servant."
In an Aug. 5, 1980, interview with the Kentucky Post, Mrs. Groh said, "When I see things that need to be done, I like to get them done."
She received the honor "Adult Volunteer of the Year" in 1994 for more than 800 hours in the gift shop, which she founded at Lakeside Nursing Home on Alexandria Pike. She served as president of the Lakeside Place Association, a volunteer fundraising organization.
From 1972 to 1987, Mrs. Groh served as director of social services for Grand Towers Apartments in Newport. She was able to raise money to buy a bus to take residents to doctor appointments and on recreational trips.
When she was honored at the annual Retired Senior Volunteer luncheon, Mrs. Groh said, "You don't realize the satisfaction within yourself when you're helping someone less fortunate than yourself. After all, we never know when we're going to face a similar situation."
She was a nurse for 23 years at the former Speers Memorial Hospital in Dayton, Ky., and was the founder and only president of Speers Society, a volunteer organization to save the hospital. She received in 1971 a plaque "Citizens Service Award" for her contribution. The hospital was converted to apartments.
On January 25, 1973, the City of Newport held Henrietta Groh Day and she was given a key to the city. On her birthday, Aug.29, 1983, it was proclaimed Henrietta Groh Day in Campbell County.
In 1994, she received a plaque for "Volunteer of the Year" in the State of Kentucky. She was commissioned as a Kentucky Colonel.
Her daughter-in-law, Sue Hodges, was proud of her.
As she watched Mrs. Groh accept her awards she thought, "How much she put into the things that she did, and how the people loved her so much. I loved her like my own mother."
Her other memberships include the Women's Auxiliary of Lawler-Hanlon VFW Post in Newport; the board of the Community Action Commission; the Woodlawn Volunteer Fire Dept. Women's Auxiliary; past president of the Women's Auxiliary Volunteer Firefighters Association; the Campbell County Democratic Women's Club; the Grand Towers Jolly Seniors; and the Hilltop Club.
Other survivors include three other grandchildren, five great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.
Graveside service will be 10 a.m. Tuesday at Evergreen Cemetery, Southgate.
Sister of August, Albert, Alma, and George Barbiea.
For decades, many poor people throughout Northern Kentucky and abroad have benefited from the work of Henrietta M. Groh, who donated more than 26,000 hours as a volunteer and served the community for more than 60 years.
"We got plaques all over the house from governors, mayors, all the high-class politicians," said her son, Roland A. Hodges of Alexandria. "She stayed busy and liked to run things."
Mrs. Groh died Wednesday at Village Care Center in Erlanger. She was 103.
She was born in Newport and had three brothers and one sister.
She married Roland Hodges on January 1, 1921, in Newport, Kentucky. He was a son of William and Amelia Hodges.
As a young bride and mother, she and her then 2-year-old son, Roland, left their Newport home in 1923 to live in Central America where her first husband, Roland, was assigned to work as a paymaster for the Tropical Railroad in the jungle at the Port of Castillo, Spanish Honduras.
While there, she was instrumental in establishing the first hospital. She was known as the "jungle nurse." She became pregnant and decided to return to Kentucky to have her child. That child, a daughter, Audrey, died at the age of 5 months of infantile paralysis in 1926. The family returned to Kentucky after three years. The couple later divorced.
She married Cletus Groh in 1936; he died in May 1968.
Mrs. Groh worked as a secretary to a probation officer. She then worked for the Campbell County Welfare Office and was appointed director in 1956, serving in that position for 15 years. In 1966, the Northern Kentucky Community Action program was established and Mrs. Groh was appointed to serve on the board. She retired in 1980.
"When I was a little girl I remember sitting in her office and taking food, clothing and other needs to people. In the '60s, there were not a lot of women in high positions. She proved that women could do whatever a man could do," said a granddaughter, Sue Moore of Villa Hills, vice president for planning, policy and budget at Northern Kentucky University. "She inspired me the most in wanting to be a public servant."
In an Aug. 5, 1980, interview with the Kentucky Post, Mrs. Groh said, "When I see things that need to be done, I like to get them done."
She received the honor "Adult Volunteer of the Year" in 1994 for more than 800 hours in the gift shop, which she founded at Lakeside Nursing Home on Alexandria Pike. She served as president of the Lakeside Place Association, a volunteer fundraising organization.
From 1972 to 1987, Mrs. Groh served as director of social services for Grand Towers Apartments in Newport. She was able to raise money to buy a bus to take residents to doctor appointments and on recreational trips.
When she was honored at the annual Retired Senior Volunteer luncheon, Mrs. Groh said, "You don't realize the satisfaction within yourself when you're helping someone less fortunate than yourself. After all, we never know when we're going to face a similar situation."
She was a nurse for 23 years at the former Speers Memorial Hospital in Dayton, Ky., and was the founder and only president of Speers Society, a volunteer organization to save the hospital. She received in 1971 a plaque "Citizens Service Award" for her contribution. The hospital was converted to apartments.
On January 25, 1973, the City of Newport held Henrietta Groh Day and she was given a key to the city. On her birthday, Aug.29, 1983, it was proclaimed Henrietta Groh Day in Campbell County.
In 1994, she received a plaque for "Volunteer of the Year" in the State of Kentucky. She was commissioned as a Kentucky Colonel.
Her daughter-in-law, Sue Hodges, was proud of her.
As she watched Mrs. Groh accept her awards she thought, "How much she put into the things that she did, and how the people loved her so much. I loved her like my own mother."
Her other memberships include the Women's Auxiliary of Lawler-Hanlon VFW Post in Newport; the board of the Community Action Commission; the Woodlawn Volunteer Fire Dept. Women's Auxiliary; past president of the Women's Auxiliary Volunteer Firefighters Association; the Campbell County Democratic Women's Club; the Grand Towers Jolly Seniors; and the Hilltop Club.
Other survivors include three other grandchildren, five great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.
Graveside service will be 10 a.m. Tuesday at Evergreen Cemetery, Southgate.
Daughter of George Barbiea and Margaret Voss.
Sister of August, Albert, Alma, and George Barbiea.
For decades, many poor people throughout Northern Kentucky and abroad have benefited from the work of Henrietta M. Groh, who donated more than 26,000 hours as a volunteer and served the community for more than 60 years.
"We got plaques all over the house from governors, mayors, all the high-class politicians," said her son, Roland A. Hodges of Alexandria. "She stayed busy and liked to run things."
Mrs. Groh died Wednesday at Village Care Center in Erlanger. She was 103.
She was born in Newport and had three brothers and one sister.
She married Roland Hodges on January 1, 1921, in Newport, Kentucky. He was a son of William and Amelia Hodges.
As a young bride and mother, she and her then 2-year-old son, Roland, left their Newport home in 1923 to live in Central America where her first husband, Roland, was assigned to work as a paymaster for the Tropical Railroad in the jungle at the Port of Castillo, Spanish Honduras.
While there, she was instrumental in establishing the first hospital. She was known as the "jungle nurse." She became pregnant and decided to return to Kentucky to have her child. That child, a daughter, Audrey, died at the age of 5 months of infantile paralysis in 1926. The family returned to Kentucky after three years. The couple later divorced.
She married Cletus Groh in 1936; he died in May 1968.
Mrs. Groh worked as a secretary to a probation officer. She then worked for the Campbell County Welfare Office and was appointed director in 1956, serving in that position for 15 years. In 1966, the Northern Kentucky Community Action program was established and Mrs. Groh was appointed to serve on the board. She retired in 1980.
"When I was a little girl I remember sitting in her office and taking food, clothing and other needs to people. In the '60s, there were not a lot of women in high positions. She proved that women could do whatever a man could do," said a granddaughter, Sue Moore of Villa Hills, vice president for planning, policy and budget at Northern Kentucky University. "She inspired me the most in wanting to be a public servant."
In an Aug. 5, 1980, interview with the Kentucky Post, Mrs. Groh said, "When I see things that need to be done, I like to get them done."
She received the honor "Adult Volunteer of the Year" in 1994 for more than 800 hours in the gift shop, which she founded at Lakeside Nursing Home on Alexandria Pike. She served as president of the Lakeside Place Association, a volunteer fundraising organization.
From 1972 to 1987, Mrs. Groh served as director of social services for Grand Towers Apartments in Newport. She was able to raise money to buy a bus to take residents to doctor appointments and on recreational trips.
When she was honored at the annual Retired Senior Volunteer luncheon, Mrs. Groh said, "You don't realize the satisfaction within yourself when you're helping someone less fortunate than yourself. After all, we never know when we're going to face a similar situation."
She was a nurse for 23 years at the former Speers Memorial Hospital in Dayton, Ky., and was the founder and only president of Speers Society, a volunteer organization to save the hospital. She received in 1971 a plaque "Citizens Service Award" for her contribution. The hospital was converted to apartments.
On January 25, 1973, the City of Newport held Henrietta Groh Day and she was given a key to the city. On her birthday, Aug.29, 1983, it was proclaimed Henrietta Groh Day in Campbell County.
In 1994, she received a plaque for "Volunteer of the Year" in the State of Kentucky. She was commissioned as a Kentucky Colonel.
Her daughter-in-law, Sue Hodges, was proud of her.
As she watched Mrs. Groh accept her awards she thought, "How much she put into the things that she did, and how the people loved her so much. I loved her like my own mother."
Her other memberships include the Women's Auxiliary of Lawler-Hanlon VFW Post in Newport; the board of the Community Action Commission; the Woodlawn Volunteer Fire Dept. Women's Auxiliary; past president of the Women's Auxiliary Volunteer Firefighters Association; the Campbell County Democratic Women's Club; the Grand Towers Jolly Seniors; and the Hilltop Club.
Other survivors include three other grandchildren, five great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.
Graveside service will be 10 a.m. Tuesday at Evergreen Cemetery, Southgate.
Sister of August, Albert, Alma, and George Barbiea.
For decades, many poor people throughout Northern Kentucky and abroad have benefited from the work of Henrietta M. Groh, who donated more than 26,000 hours as a volunteer and served the community for more than 60 years.
"We got plaques all over the house from governors, mayors, all the high-class politicians," said her son, Roland A. Hodges of Alexandria. "She stayed busy and liked to run things."
Mrs. Groh died Wednesday at Village Care Center in Erlanger. She was 103.
She was born in Newport and had three brothers and one sister.
She married Roland Hodges on January 1, 1921, in Newport, Kentucky. He was a son of William and Amelia Hodges.
As a young bride and mother, she and her then 2-year-old son, Roland, left their Newport home in 1923 to live in Central America where her first husband, Roland, was assigned to work as a paymaster for the Tropical Railroad in the jungle at the Port of Castillo, Spanish Honduras.
While there, she was instrumental in establishing the first hospital. She was known as the "jungle nurse." She became pregnant and decided to return to Kentucky to have her child. That child, a daughter, Audrey, died at the age of 5 months of infantile paralysis in 1926. The family returned to Kentucky after three years. The couple later divorced.
She married Cletus Groh in 1936; he died in May 1968.
Mrs. Groh worked as a secretary to a probation officer. She then worked for the Campbell County Welfare Office and was appointed director in 1956, serving in that position for 15 years. In 1966, the Northern Kentucky Community Action program was established and Mrs. Groh was appointed to serve on the board. She retired in 1980.
"When I was a little girl I remember sitting in her office and taking food, clothing and other needs to people. In the '60s, there were not a lot of women in high positions. She proved that women could do whatever a man could do," said a granddaughter, Sue Moore of Villa Hills, vice president for planning, policy and budget at Northern Kentucky University. "She inspired me the most in wanting to be a public servant."
In an Aug. 5, 1980, interview with the Kentucky Post, Mrs. Groh said, "When I see things that need to be done, I like to get them done."
She received the honor "Adult Volunteer of the Year" in 1994 for more than 800 hours in the gift shop, which she founded at Lakeside Nursing Home on Alexandria Pike. She served as president of the Lakeside Place Association, a volunteer fundraising organization.
From 1972 to 1987, Mrs. Groh served as director of social services for Grand Towers Apartments in Newport. She was able to raise money to buy a bus to take residents to doctor appointments and on recreational trips.
When she was honored at the annual Retired Senior Volunteer luncheon, Mrs. Groh said, "You don't realize the satisfaction within yourself when you're helping someone less fortunate than yourself. After all, we never know when we're going to face a similar situation."
She was a nurse for 23 years at the former Speers Memorial Hospital in Dayton, Ky., and was the founder and only president of Speers Society, a volunteer organization to save the hospital. She received in 1971 a plaque "Citizens Service Award" for her contribution. The hospital was converted to apartments.
On January 25, 1973, the City of Newport held Henrietta Groh Day and she was given a key to the city. On her birthday, Aug.29, 1983, it was proclaimed Henrietta Groh Day in Campbell County.
In 1994, she received a plaque for "Volunteer of the Year" in the State of Kentucky. She was commissioned as a Kentucky Colonel.
Her daughter-in-law, Sue Hodges, was proud of her.
As she watched Mrs. Groh accept her awards she thought, "How much she put into the things that she did, and how the people loved her so much. I loved her like my own mother."
Her other memberships include the Women's Auxiliary of Lawler-Hanlon VFW Post in Newport; the board of the Community Action Commission; the Woodlawn Volunteer Fire Dept. Women's Auxiliary; past president of the Women's Auxiliary Volunteer Firefighters Association; the Campbell County Democratic Women's Club; the Grand Towers Jolly Seniors; and the Hilltop Club.
Other survivors include three other grandchildren, five great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.
Graveside service will be 10 a.m. Tuesday at Evergreen Cemetery, Southgate.
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