Mrs. Mildred Mary Groft, 68, wife of William J. Groft, Hanover R. 4, Mt. Rock, died Friday at 8:15 a.m. at Hanover General Hospital, where she was admitted Wednesday. She and her husband celebrated their 46th wedding anniversary Thursday.
A daughter of the late Peter J. and Annie Lawrence Long, Mrs. Groft was a member of Sacred Heart Basilica, Edge Grove, and the Blessed Virgin Mary sodality.
Surviving besides her husband are: Eleven children, Mrs. Annie M. Orndorff, Gettysburg R. 4; Mrs. Grace McSherry, McSherrystown; Mrs. Ruth Smith, Mrs. Rose Marie Bunty, John, Joseph and George Groft, all of Hanover R. 4; Mary Groft, York; Mrs. Caroline Murren, Hanover R. 5; Bernard Groft. New Oxford R. 1, and Mrs Theresa Grouse, Minneapolis, Minn.; 41 grandchildren, one great grandchild; eight brothers and sisters, Mrs. Mary Miller, York; Leo Long, New Oxford; George Long, Gettysburg R. 5; Charles and James Long, both of McSherrystown; Agnes Long, Hanover R. 4; Mrs. Florence' Smith, New Oxford R. 1, and Jerome Long, Hanover.
Funeral services Monday at 8:15 a.m. with prayers at the Walter Funeral Home, McSherrystown, followed by a requiem Mass at 8:45 a.m. at Sacred Heart Basilica. Her pastor, Rt. Rev. Msgr. John P. Bolen, will be celebrant. Interment will be in the parish cemetery.
Mrs. Mildred Mary Groft, 68, wife of William J. Groft, Hanover R. 4, Mt. Rock, died Friday at 8:15 a.m. at Hanover General Hospital, where she was admitted Wednesday. She and her husband celebrated their 46th wedding anniversary Thursday.
A daughter of the late Peter J. and Annie Lawrence Long, Mrs. Groft was a member of Sacred Heart Basilica, Edge Grove, and the Blessed Virgin Mary sodality.
Surviving besides her husband are: Eleven children, Mrs. Annie M. Orndorff, Gettysburg R. 4; Mrs. Grace McSherry, McSherrystown; Mrs. Ruth Smith, Mrs. Rose Marie Bunty, John, Joseph and George Groft, all of Hanover R. 4; Mary Groft, York; Mrs. Caroline Murren, Hanover R. 5; Bernard Groft. New Oxford R. 1, and Mrs Theresa Grouse, Minneapolis, Minn.; 41 grandchildren, one great grandchild; eight brothers and sisters, Mrs. Mary Miller, York; Leo Long, New Oxford; George Long, Gettysburg R. 5; Charles and James Long, both of McSherrystown; Agnes Long, Hanover R. 4; Mrs. Florence' Smith, New Oxford R. 1, and Jerome Long, Hanover.
Funeral services Monday at 8:15 a.m. with prayers at the Walter Funeral Home, McSherrystown, followed by a requiem Mass at 8:45 a.m. at Sacred Heart Basilica. Her pastor, Rt. Rev. Msgr. John P. Bolen, will be celebrant. Interment will be in the parish cemetery.
Family Members
-
Infant Girl Groft
1918–1918
-
![]()
Grace Elizabeth Groft Gallagher McSherry
1919–2000
-
![]()
Annie Margaret Groft Orendorff
1919–2008
-
![]()
Caroline M. "Carrie" Groft Murren
1923–2011
-
![]()
John W Groft
1925–2007
-
![]()
Bernard Joseph "Pappy" Groft
1926–2012
-
![]()
Joseph Aloysius Groft
1930–1989
-
![]()
George Benedict Groft
1932–2015
-
![]()
Theresa M Crouse
1934–2009
-
![]()
Agnes Dolores Groft
1937–1938
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
Advertisement
