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William Arthur Grubaugh

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William Arthur Grubaugh

Birth
Flat Rock, Crawford County, Illinois, USA
Death
3 Jun 1969 (aged 82)
Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana, USA
Burial
Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana, USA Add to Map
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William Arthur Grubaugh was born 20 Jun 1886 in Flat Rock, Crawford, IL. He married three times, first to Fern Lee Salesberry who he married 25 Nov 1905 in Robinson, Crawford, IL. To this union one child was born: Vaughn Fenton Grubaugh. William married Mamiedoris in the 1930s (divorced October 27, 1948) and last he married Gladys Marie (Stanley) Woerner on February 19, 1949 in Clay County, Indiana. He died 3 Jun 1969 in Terre Haute, Vigo, IN and is buried at Roselawn Memorial Park.

His newspaper obituary is as follows:

William A. Grubaugh
William A. Grubaugh, 82, 1819 Woodlawn Ave., died at 6:45 pm Tuesday in Union Hospital. He was an employee of the Pennsylvania Railroad for 51 years until his retirement in 1959. Surviving are the widow, Gladys; three daughters, Mrs. Walter Milner, Mrs. Betty Maxwell, and Mrs. Rosemary Stultz, all of Terre Haute; 10 grandchildren, and eight great-grandchildren. The body was taken to the Gillis Memory Chapel, where services will be held on Friday at 1:30 pm. The Rev. James Storey will officiate and burial will be at Roselawn Memorial Cemetery. Friends may call after noon Thursday.
Terre Haute Tribune, Wednesday, June 4, 1969

Note: The three daughters mentioned in the obituary are actually step-daughters of William Grubaugh, resulting from the earlier marriage of Gladys Marie Stanley to William Woerner.

Information contributed by Richard Holmes and Marie (Wetnight) Compton
William Arthur Grubaugh was born 20 Jun 1886 in Flat Rock, Crawford, IL. He married three times, first to Fern Lee Salesberry who he married 25 Nov 1905 in Robinson, Crawford, IL. To this union one child was born: Vaughn Fenton Grubaugh. William married Mamiedoris in the 1930s (divorced October 27, 1948) and last he married Gladys Marie (Stanley) Woerner on February 19, 1949 in Clay County, Indiana. He died 3 Jun 1969 in Terre Haute, Vigo, IN and is buried at Roselawn Memorial Park.

His newspaper obituary is as follows:

William A. Grubaugh
William A. Grubaugh, 82, 1819 Woodlawn Ave., died at 6:45 pm Tuesday in Union Hospital. He was an employee of the Pennsylvania Railroad for 51 years until his retirement in 1959. Surviving are the widow, Gladys; three daughters, Mrs. Walter Milner, Mrs. Betty Maxwell, and Mrs. Rosemary Stultz, all of Terre Haute; 10 grandchildren, and eight great-grandchildren. The body was taken to the Gillis Memory Chapel, where services will be held on Friday at 1:30 pm. The Rev. James Storey will officiate and burial will be at Roselawn Memorial Cemetery. Friends may call after noon Thursday.
Terre Haute Tribune, Wednesday, June 4, 1969

Note: The three daughters mentioned in the obituary are actually step-daughters of William Grubaugh, resulting from the earlier marriage of Gladys Marie Stanley to William Woerner.

Information contributed by Richard Holmes and Marie (Wetnight) Compton


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