William Groom, 60 years old, coal mine operator of 1910 West Main Street, died suddenly of a heart attack in St. Elizabeth's Hospital at 6 o'clock last night. Mr. Groom, who had been under the care of a physician for a heart ailment for some time, was stricken at his home at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon and rushed to the hospital for treatment.
An active member of the First Methodist Church and the church choir and in Masonic affairs,he was vice-president of the Groom Coal Company, operators of a mine on the Freeburg Road, two miles south of Belleville.
Mr. Groom was born in Belleville September 8, 1886, a son of the late John and Mary C. Groom, nee Dickenson. His mother was a native of Missouri, his father a native of Belleville.
Surviving are his wife, the former Maude E. Hall whom he married in Belleville April 4, 1917; two brothers and a sister:
Robert Groom, 1906 West Main Street
Ollie Groom, 2217 West Main Street
Mrs. Anna Massey, San Francisco, Calif.
Two sisters preceded him in death.
He also was a member of the St. Clair Lodge No. 24, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, and the Chapter and Council of Knight Templar Consistory No. 50.
Funeral at 2 p.m. Monday from the Gundlach and Co. Funeral Home with Rev. F. W. Schwarzlose, pastor of the First Methodist Church, officiating. Interment in Walnut Hill Cemetery.
Belleville News Democrat
March 14, 1947
An active member of the First Methodist Church and the church choir and in Masonic affairs,he was vice-president of the Groom Coal Company, operators of a mine on the Freeburg Road, two miles south of Belleville.
Mr. Groom was born in Belleville September 8, 1886, a son of the late John and Mary C. Groom, nee Dickenson. His mother was a native of Missouri, his father a native of Belleville.
Surviving are his wife, the former Maude E. Hall whom he married in Belleville April 4, 1917; two brothers and a sister:
Robert Groom, 1906 West Main Street
Ollie Groom, 2217 West Main Street
Mrs. Anna Massey, San Francisco, Calif.
Two sisters preceded him in death.
He also was a member of the St. Clair Lodge No. 24, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, and the Chapter and Council of Knight Templar Consistory No. 50.
Funeral at 2 p.m. Monday from the Gundlach and Co. Funeral Home with Rev. F. W. Schwarzlose, pastor of the First Methodist Church, officiating. Interment in Walnut Hill Cemetery.
Belleville News Democrat
March 14, 1947
William Groom, 60 years old, coal mine operator of 1910 West Main Street, died suddenly of a heart attack in St. Elizabeth's Hospital at 6 o'clock last night. Mr. Groom, who had been under the care of a physician for a heart ailment for some time, was stricken at his home at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon and rushed to the hospital for treatment.
An active member of the First Methodist Church and the church choir and in Masonic affairs,he was vice-president of the Groom Coal Company, operators of a mine on the Freeburg Road, two miles south of Belleville.
Mr. Groom was born in Belleville September 8, 1886, a son of the late John and Mary C. Groom, nee Dickenson. His mother was a native of Missouri, his father a native of Belleville.
Surviving are his wife, the former Maude E. Hall whom he married in Belleville April 4, 1917; two brothers and a sister:
Robert Groom, 1906 West Main Street
Ollie Groom, 2217 West Main Street
Mrs. Anna Massey, San Francisco, Calif.
Two sisters preceded him in death.
He also was a member of the St. Clair Lodge No. 24, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, and the Chapter and Council of Knight Templar Consistory No. 50.
Funeral at 2 p.m. Monday from the Gundlach and Co. Funeral Home with Rev. F. W. Schwarzlose, pastor of the First Methodist Church, officiating. Interment in Walnut Hill Cemetery.
Belleville News Democrat
March 14, 1947
An active member of the First Methodist Church and the church choir and in Masonic affairs,he was vice-president of the Groom Coal Company, operators of a mine on the Freeburg Road, two miles south of Belleville.
Mr. Groom was born in Belleville September 8, 1886, a son of the late John and Mary C. Groom, nee Dickenson. His mother was a native of Missouri, his father a native of Belleville.
Surviving are his wife, the former Maude E. Hall whom he married in Belleville April 4, 1917; two brothers and a sister:
Robert Groom, 1906 West Main Street
Ollie Groom, 2217 West Main Street
Mrs. Anna Massey, San Francisco, Calif.
Two sisters preceded him in death.
He also was a member of the St. Clair Lodge No. 24, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, and the Chapter and Council of Knight Templar Consistory No. 50.
Funeral at 2 p.m. Monday from the Gundlach and Co. Funeral Home with Rev. F. W. Schwarzlose, pastor of the First Methodist Church, officiating. Interment in Walnut Hill Cemetery.
Belleville News Democrat
March 14, 1947
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