Daniel Cornelius Grobbel (1871-1951)

Daniel Cornelius Grobbel

Birth

18 Nov 1871

Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA

Death

18 May 1951 (aged 79)

Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA

Burial

Mount Olivet Cemetery

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Plot

Section 19 Lot 125 Space 5

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DANIEL C. GROBBEL A member of the Detroit Water Board for more than 40 years prior to his retirement in 1940, Mr. Grobbel, 78, died Friday at his home, 2617 Montclair.

A native of Detroit and graduate of the Detroit College, Mr. Grobbel was senior administrative assistant of the Water Board at the time of his retirement. He was a member of the Detroit Council, Knights of Columbus No. 305, a 50-year member of the Catholic Order of Foresters, and an Elk. Mr. Grobbei is survived by his wife, Annie.

Services will be held at 8:45 a.m. Tuesday at the Verheyden Funeral Home and at 9:30 a.m. at St. Rose Church. Burial will be in Mt. Olivet Cemetery.

Published in the Detroit Free Press, Sunday, May 20, 1951

Dan C. Grobbel Jr. - a lawyer with offices in the Hammond Building and later the Buhl Building; he was a Detroit City Assessor and in 1928 he was the Secretary of the Board of Commissioners for the Detroit Water Department. His name is on the brass dedication plaques at the Detroit Water Board Building, the Detroit Springwells Water Treatment Plant and the Water Intake Screening Structure at the head of Belle Isle (Water Board information source: Mark Edward Grobbel).

DANIEL C. GROBBEL A member of the Detroit Water Board for more than 40 years prior to his retirement in 1940, Mr. Grobbel, 78, died Friday at his home, 2617 Montclair.

Services will be held at 8:45 a.m. Tuesday at the Verheyden Funeral Home and at 9:30 a.m. at St. Rose Church. Burial will be in Mt. Olivet Cemetery.

Published in the Detroit Free Press, Sunday, May 20, 1951