Benjamin W. Groft. 70, husband of Mrs. Elizabeth Hockensmith Groft, died Tuesday in McSherrystown. A son of the late Aloysius and Annie Hufnagle Groft, he was a member of the Church of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Surviving in addition to his wife are: nine children, Mrs. Marie Baker, Pauline Groft, Mrs. Emma Storm and Mrs. Genevieve Gulden, all of McSherrystown; Mrs. Margaret Smith and Earl Groft, both of Hanover; Robert Groft and Mrs. Helene Smith, Hanover and Sister Agatha Marsie, St. Louis Mission, and seven brothers and sisters, William and Albert Groft and Mrs. John Klunk, McSherrystown; Mrs. Clarence Nunemaker, Hanover; George Groft, Gettysburg and Gertrude and Grace Groft, both of Hanover.
Funeral services Friday at 8:30 a.m. with prayers at the Kernan Funeral Home, McSherrystown, followed by a Requiem Mass at 9 o'clock in the Annunciation Church. The Pastor, Rt. Rev. Msgr, Patrick F. McGee, will be celebrant. Interment in the parish cemetery.
Published in the Gettysburg Times, Wednesday, Dec. 22, 1954.
Added Aug. 24, 2014 at 1:39 p.m.
Surviving in addition to his wife are: nine children, Mrs. Marie Baker, Pauline Groft, Mrs. Emma Storm and Mrs. Genevieve Gulden, all of McSherrystown; Mrs. Margaret Smith and Earl Groft, both of Hanover; Robert Groft and Mrs. Helene Smith, Hanover and Sister Agatha Marsie, St. Louis Mission, and seven brothers and sisters, William and Albert Groft and Mrs. John Klunk, McSherrystown; Mrs. Clarence Nunemaker, Hanover; George Groft, Gettysburg and Gertrude and Grace Groft, both of Hanover.
Funeral services Friday at 8:30 a.m. with prayers at the Kernan Funeral Home, McSherrystown, followed by a Requiem Mass at 9 o'clock in the Annunciation Church. The Pastor, Rt. Rev. Msgr, Patrick F. McGee, will be celebrant. Interment in the parish cemetery.
Published in the Gettysburg Times, Wednesday, Dec. 22, 1954.
Added Aug. 24, 2014 at 1:39 p.m.
Benjamin W. Groft. 70, husband of Mrs. Elizabeth Hockensmith Groft, died Tuesday in McSherrystown. A son of the late Aloysius and Annie Hufnagle Groft, he was a member of the Church of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Surviving in addition to his wife are: nine children, Mrs. Marie Baker, Pauline Groft, Mrs. Emma Storm and Mrs. Genevieve Gulden, all of McSherrystown; Mrs. Margaret Smith and Earl Groft, both of Hanover; Robert Groft and Mrs. Helene Smith, Hanover and Sister Agatha Marsie, St. Louis Mission, and seven brothers and sisters, William and Albert Groft and Mrs. John Klunk, McSherrystown; Mrs. Clarence Nunemaker, Hanover; George Groft, Gettysburg and Gertrude and Grace Groft, both of Hanover.
Funeral services Friday at 8:30 a.m. with prayers at the Kernan Funeral Home, McSherrystown, followed by a Requiem Mass at 9 o'clock in the Annunciation Church. The Pastor, Rt. Rev. Msgr, Patrick F. McGee, will be celebrant. Interment in the parish cemetery.
Published in the Gettysburg Times, Wednesday, Dec. 22, 1954.
Added Aug. 24, 2014 at 1:39 p.m.
Surviving in addition to his wife are: nine children, Mrs. Marie Baker, Pauline Groft, Mrs. Emma Storm and Mrs. Genevieve Gulden, all of McSherrystown; Mrs. Margaret Smith and Earl Groft, both of Hanover; Robert Groft and Mrs. Helene Smith, Hanover and Sister Agatha Marsie, St. Louis Mission, and seven brothers and sisters, William and Albert Groft and Mrs. John Klunk, McSherrystown; Mrs. Clarence Nunemaker, Hanover; George Groft, Gettysburg and Gertrude and Grace Groft, both of Hanover.
Funeral services Friday at 8:30 a.m. with prayers at the Kernan Funeral Home, McSherrystown, followed by a Requiem Mass at 9 o'clock in the Annunciation Church. The Pastor, Rt. Rev. Msgr, Patrick F. McGee, will be celebrant. Interment in the parish cemetery.
Published in the Gettysburg Times, Wednesday, Dec. 22, 1954.
Added Aug. 24, 2014 at 1:39 p.m.
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