William Groh

BILL WAS BORN ON APRIL 17, 1918 IN CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. HIS FAMILY MOVED TO BRIDGMAN IN 1918. ON JULY 23, 1938 HE MARRIED DOROTHEA JENNINGS WHO PRECEDED HIM IN DEATH IN FEBRUARY 1997. HE WAS EMPLOYED AT BENDIX / ALLIED SIGNAL UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT IN 1986. ALTHOUGH HE OBTAINED ONLY AN EIGHTH GRADE EDUCATION HE HELD TWO PATENTS FOR ENGINEERING TOOLS. BILL WAS A MEMBER OF ST PETER’S CHURCH WHERE HE SERVED ON THE CHURCH CONSISTORY AND WAS THE OLDEST LIVING MEMBER. HE ENJOYED MAKING FURNITURE, FISHING ON THE PIERS, FAMILY DINNERS AND COOKOUTS AND SPENDING TIME WITH HIS CHILDREN, GRANDCHILDREN AND GREAT GRANDCHILDREN–WHO WERE THE LIGHT OF HIS LIFE. BILL IS SURVIVED BY; TWO DAUGHTERS, CAROL DREWS (RON) AND LINDA HARTWIG (KEITH CARPER); THREE GRANDCHILDREN, CHAD HARTWIG (JENNIFER EVA), JILL MC KINNEY ( PETER) AND JANET ORDIWAY (BOBBY); TWO GREAT-GRAND CHILDREN -ISABELLE AND ISAAC MC KINNEY; A SISTER-IN – LAW JOYCE GROH AND MANY NIECES AND NEPHEWS. HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS CHESTER AND BERTHA GROH AND HIS TWO BROTHERS BERT & CHET. VISITATION WILL BE HELD AT STARKS & MENCHINGER FAMILY FUNERAL HOME ON MONDAY FROM 5-8 P.M. HIS CELEBRATION OF LIFE FUNERAL SERVICE WILL BE HELD AT THE FUNERAL HOME ON TUESDAY AT 11:30 AM. BURIAL WILL FOLLOW THE SERVICE AT NORTH SHORE MEMORY GARDENS. MEMORIALS MAY BE MADE TO ST. PETER’S CHURCH , ST JOSEPH, MICHIGAN OR TO FIGHT FOR MORE-PARKINSON’S DISEASE RESEARCH. THOSE WISHING TO SHARE A MEMORY OR SIGN THE GUESTBOOK ONLINE MAY DO SO AT WWW.STARKS-MENCHINGER.COM. HE WILL BE LOVED AND MISSED BY ALL WHO KNEW HIM.