McLean County IL - Obituary of PETER GROTH *********************************************************************************** File contributed for use by the McLean County ILGenWeb Project. Copyright © 2007 to present, all rights reserved. These pages cannot be reproduced in any format without the written consent of the site author, ilmcleanvcc@gmail.com. File Submitted by: Gail Hahn Hutchcraft; email: ladybuggc@sbcglobal.net *********************************************************************************** GROTH, PETER Peter Groth died at his home in Valparaiso, Indiana Saturday 3-17-1945, aged 83 years. He was a native of Germany and came to the US at the age of 19 to make his home. He is survived by his wife, two sons and three daughters, one of whom is Mrs. Marie Dodson of the Guthrie community. Funeral services were held in Valparaiso Tuesday. Graveside rites were held Wednesday at the St. John's Lutheran Church cemetery, near Anchor, in charge of the Rev. G.E. Baseler, pastor of the Gibson City Lutheran Church. **typist note: Peter Groth married Catherine Margaretha Beeck 7-31-1886 in Clinton, Iowa.**