Mrs. Katherine Groetzinger, a native of Stockbridge, who spent most of her long life in Calumet county, died at St. Agnes hospital, Fond du Lac, April 30. She had been a patient at the hospital during the past three years. She attained her 90th birthday last March 2.
Funeral services were held Sunday at the Erbe-Hoffmann funeral home. The Rev. W. J. Griffith, pastor of Trinity Presbyterian church, officiated and burial was in Hillside cemetery.

Mrs. Groetzinger, nee Katherine Bloom, was born March 2, 1863, in Stockbridge, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bloom. Her marriage to Charles Groetzinger took place at Fond du Lac Sept. 2, 1883.

They moved to Chilton a few years later and she became one of the first members of Union church, which later became Trinity Presbyterian church. She became an early member of the Ladies Aid Society of the church, of Chilton Woman’s Club and the Reynolds Relief Corps. During World War 2 she served as a member of the Red Cross at Fond du Lac.

Mrs. Groetzinger spent over 68 years of her life in Chilton. At the time of her marriage to Mr. Groetzinger he was engaged in the monument business as an associate of a Fond du Lac firm. Desirous of going into business on their own, they purchased the Jens Monument Shop in Chilton and moved here in 1885.

Through his aptitude for the occupation he followed and his enterprise, he expanded the business until he found it necessary to enlarge his shop. He bought the Ebert block and on it erected the Groetzinger Monument Studio on West Main street, which is now operated by the Appleton Marble and Granite Works.

Mr. Groetzinger operated the business until his death in 1931. A son, Earl, widely recognized state sculptor and artist then operated it for a time.

Mrs. Groetzinger is survived by four sons, Carl and Harold of Racine, Dr. Roland of Los Angles, Calif.; and Victor, Oakland, Calif.; three daughters, Mrs. Harry (Lillian) Marsh, Chilton; Mrs. Hazel Paulsen, St. Paul, Minn.; and Mrs. Gilbert (Brunette) Hipke, New Holstein; 13 grandchildren, seven great grandchildren; a brother, John Bloom, Oshkosh; and a sister, Mrs. Chris Burg, Stockbridge. She was preceded in death by her husband and three sons.
Chilton Times – May 7, 1953
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