From: Alexandria, IN Times Tribune, November 27, 1944
Aged Resident Linwood Died Home Daughter
Prominent Landowner and For Many Years Owner Grain Elevator
Thomas Groendyke, 91, one of the best known residents of Lafayette township south of Alexandria, died Saturday evening about 8 o'clock at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Jasper Miller near Linwood, where he had been ill for about four months. For many years he operated the Linwood grain elevator, and was a large landowner in Lafayette township, where he had lived all his life.
The body was taken to the Roger C. Gipe mortuary and prepared for burial. Sunday afternoon it was returned to the Miller home to lie in state until the funeral, which will be held in the Linwood Christian Church at 2 P.M. Tuesday. The pastor Rev. Delmar Harrold, of Poneto, will conduct the rites, and interment will be in Park View cemetery here. The deceased was a member of the Olivet Christian church.
Mr. Groendyke was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Elias Groendyke, early settlers of the community about a mile and a half south of Frankton, and was born on October 2, 1853. In 1874 he was married to Miss Emmaline Smith, who died in 1895. Two sons born to this union died in infancy.
In 1900 he was married to Mrs. Hattie Thomas, who survives him, with the daughter Mrs. Miller; a step-son Clifton Thomas, of Springfield, O; a half-sister, Miss Josie Groendyke of Van Wert, O., three grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
Aged Resident Linwood Died Home Daughter
Prominent Landowner and For Many Years Owner Grain Elevator
Thomas Groendyke, 91, one of the best known residents of Lafayette township south of Alexandria, died Saturday evening about 8 o'clock at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Jasper Miller near Linwood, where he had been ill for about four months. For many years he operated the Linwood grain elevator, and was a large landowner in Lafayette township, where he had lived all his life.
The body was taken to the Roger C. Gipe mortuary and prepared for burial. Sunday afternoon it was returned to the Miller home to lie in state until the funeral, which will be held in the Linwood Christian Church at 2 P.M. Tuesday. The pastor Rev. Delmar Harrold, of Poneto, will conduct the rites, and interment will be in Park View cemetery here. The deceased was a member of the Olivet Christian church.
Mr. Groendyke was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Elias Groendyke, early settlers of the community about a mile and a half south of Frankton, and was born on October 2, 1853. In 1874 he was married to Miss Emmaline Smith, who died in 1895. Two sons born to this union died in infancy.
In 1900 he was married to Mrs. Hattie Thomas, who survives him, with the daughter Mrs. Miller; a step-son Clifton Thomas, of Springfield, O; a half-sister, Miss Josie Groendyke of Van Wert, O., three grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
From: Alexandria, IN Times Tribune, November 27, 1944
Aged Resident Linwood Died Home Daughter
Prominent Landowner and For Many Years Owner Grain Elevator
Thomas Groendyke, 91, one of the best known residents of Lafayette township south of Alexandria, died Saturday evening about 8 o'clock at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Jasper Miller near Linwood, where he had been ill for about four months. For many years he operated the Linwood grain elevator, and was a large landowner in Lafayette township, where he had lived all his life.
The body was taken to the Roger C. Gipe mortuary and prepared for burial. Sunday afternoon it was returned to the Miller home to lie in state until the funeral, which will be held in the Linwood Christian Church at 2 P.M. Tuesday. The pastor Rev. Delmar Harrold, of Poneto, will conduct the rites, and interment will be in Park View cemetery here. The deceased was a member of the Olivet Christian church.
Mr. Groendyke was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Elias Groendyke, early settlers of the community about a mile and a half south of Frankton, and was born on October 2, 1853. In 1874 he was married to Miss Emmaline Smith, who died in 1895. Two sons born to this union died in infancy.
In 1900 he was married to Mrs. Hattie Thomas, who survives him, with the daughter Mrs. Miller; a step-son Clifton Thomas, of Springfield, O; a half-sister, Miss Josie Groendyke of Van Wert, O., three grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
Aged Resident Linwood Died Home Daughter
Prominent Landowner and For Many Years Owner Grain Elevator
Thomas Groendyke, 91, one of the best known residents of Lafayette township south of Alexandria, died Saturday evening about 8 o'clock at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Jasper Miller near Linwood, where he had been ill for about four months. For many years he operated the Linwood grain elevator, and was a large landowner in Lafayette township, where he had lived all his life.
The body was taken to the Roger C. Gipe mortuary and prepared for burial. Sunday afternoon it was returned to the Miller home to lie in state until the funeral, which will be held in the Linwood Christian Church at 2 P.M. Tuesday. The pastor Rev. Delmar Harrold, of Poneto, will conduct the rites, and interment will be in Park View cemetery here. The deceased was a member of the Olivet Christian church.
Mr. Groendyke was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Elias Groendyke, early settlers of the community about a mile and a half south of Frankton, and was born on October 2, 1853. In 1874 he was married to Miss Emmaline Smith, who died in 1895. Two sons born to this union died in infancy.
In 1900 he was married to Mrs. Hattie Thomas, who survives him, with the daughter Mrs. Miller; a step-son Clifton Thomas, of Springfield, O; a half-sister, Miss Josie Groendyke of Van Wert, O., three grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
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