Thelma L. "Peggy" Grones, 78, of Elm Mott, passed away Saturday, Nov. 22, 2008, in Rockwall. Funeral services will be held 3 p.m. Tuesday, at Aderhold Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Joel Boesche officiating. Burial will follow at Closner Cemetery near West. The family will receive visitors from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at the funeral home.
Thelma was born in Ross, Texas, to Fred Charles and Elenora (Willig) Blaschke. She attended school in Ross and graduated from West High School in 1947. On June 25, 1949, she was united in marriage to Paul Jerry Grones. They resided in the home they built in Ross since 1961. She was employed as a sales clerk, cook, and provided health care services to the elders in her community and surrounding communities. Peggy was a homemaker, enjoying cooking, baking, sewing, quilting, crafts, writing poetry, writing short stories for children and attending garage sales and estate sales. She was a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Bellmead. Peggy especially loved spending time with her family; she was a wonderful and loving wife, mother, grandmother and has many dear friends. She will truly be missed.
She was preceded in death by her husband on Aug. 9, 2003; her parents; and a sister; Ellen Gregory.
Survivors include daughters, Karen Higgins and husband, Rick, of Rowlett and Sandra Perkins and husband, Jayden, of Midland; sons, Dwayne Grones and wife, Cindy, of Waco and Douglas Grones and wife, Mary, of Ferris; sisters, Henrietta Willis, of Waco, and Frieda Cypert, of Mesquite; grandchildren, Troy and Beth Grones, and Noah and Kelsee Perkins; and eight nieces, twelve nephews, other relatives and friends.
WT: 11/24/2008
Thelma was born in Ross, Texas, to Fred Charles and Elenora (Willig) Blaschke. She attended school in Ross and graduated from West High School in 1947. On June 25, 1949, she was united in marriage to Paul Jerry Grones. They resided in the home they built in Ross since 1961. She was employed as a sales clerk, cook, and provided health care services to the elders in her community and surrounding communities. Peggy was a homemaker, enjoying cooking, baking, sewing, quilting, crafts, writing poetry, writing short stories for children and attending garage sales and estate sales. She was a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Bellmead. Peggy especially loved spending time with her family; she was a wonderful and loving wife, mother, grandmother and has many dear friends. She will truly be missed.
She was preceded in death by her husband on Aug. 9, 2003; her parents; and a sister; Ellen Gregory.
Survivors include daughters, Karen Higgins and husband, Rick, of Rowlett and Sandra Perkins and husband, Jayden, of Midland; sons, Dwayne Grones and wife, Cindy, of Waco and Douglas Grones and wife, Mary, of Ferris; sisters, Henrietta Willis, of Waco, and Frieda Cypert, of Mesquite; grandchildren, Troy and Beth Grones, and Noah and Kelsee Perkins; and eight nieces, twelve nephews, other relatives and friends.
WT: 11/24/2008
Thelma L. "Peggy" Grones, 78, of Elm Mott, passed away Saturday, Nov. 22, 2008, in Rockwall. Funeral services will be held 3 p.m. Tuesday, at Aderhold Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Joel Boesche officiating. Burial will follow at Closner Cemetery near West. The family will receive visitors from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at the funeral home.
Thelma was born in Ross, Texas, to Fred Charles and Elenora (Willig) Blaschke. She attended school in Ross and graduated from West High School in 1947. On June 25, 1949, she was united in marriage to Paul Jerry Grones. They resided in the home they built in Ross since 1961. She was employed as a sales clerk, cook, and provided health care services to the elders in her community and surrounding communities. Peggy was a homemaker, enjoying cooking, baking, sewing, quilting, crafts, writing poetry, writing short stories for children and attending garage sales and estate sales. She was a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Bellmead. Peggy especially loved spending time with her family; she was a wonderful and loving wife, mother, grandmother and has many dear friends. She will truly be missed.
She was preceded in death by her husband on Aug. 9, 2003; her parents; and a sister; Ellen Gregory.
Survivors include daughters, Karen Higgins and husband, Rick, of Rowlett and Sandra Perkins and husband, Jayden, of Midland; sons, Dwayne Grones and wife, Cindy, of Waco and Douglas Grones and wife, Mary, of Ferris; sisters, Henrietta Willis, of Waco, and Frieda Cypert, of Mesquite; grandchildren, Troy and Beth Grones, and Noah and Kelsee Perkins; and eight nieces, twelve nephews, other relatives and friends.
WT: 11/24/2008
Thelma was born in Ross, Texas, to Fred Charles and Elenora (Willig) Blaschke. She attended school in Ross and graduated from West High School in 1947. On June 25, 1949, she was united in marriage to Paul Jerry Grones. They resided in the home they built in Ross since 1961. She was employed as a sales clerk, cook, and provided health care services to the elders in her community and surrounding communities. Peggy was a homemaker, enjoying cooking, baking, sewing, quilting, crafts, writing poetry, writing short stories for children and attending garage sales and estate sales. She was a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Bellmead. Peggy especially loved spending time with her family; she was a wonderful and loving wife, mother, grandmother and has many dear friends. She will truly be missed.
She was preceded in death by her husband on Aug. 9, 2003; her parents; and a sister; Ellen Gregory.
Survivors include daughters, Karen Higgins and husband, Rick, of Rowlett and Sandra Perkins and husband, Jayden, of Midland; sons, Dwayne Grones and wife, Cindy, of Waco and Douglas Grones and wife, Mary, of Ferris; sisters, Henrietta Willis, of Waco, and Frieda Cypert, of Mesquite; grandchildren, Troy and Beth Grones, and Noah and Kelsee Perkins; and eight nieces, twelve nephews, other relatives and friends.
WT: 11/24/2008
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