Robert Gruber, 70, of Morrison, Ill., died Wednesday, June 6, 1984, at the Community General Hospital, Sterling, Ill. Robert G. Gruber was born Nov. 23, 1913, in Canton, a son of Thomas and Edna Goodwin Gruber. He was raised in Canton and married in 1939 to Margaret Stratton in Monticello. He was later married to Geneva Armstrong on Feb. 7, 1953, in Marion, Ind. She died Feb. 7, 1976. He had resided in Morrison since 1953 where he had worked with the conservation department at the Morrison Rockwood State Park for the past 10 years. Survivors include a son, Robert E. Gruber of Morrison; three daughters, Mrs. Stephen Kemmer, Mrs. Gordon Bramm and Mrs. Don Caskey, all of Morrison; five grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. Zilpha Shatzer and Mrs. William Brown, both of Canton, and Mrs. Robert Risk of Keokuk and other relatives. He was also preceded in death by his parents and a grandson. Funeral services were held Saturday at the Renkes Reynolds Funeral Home in Morrison. Burial was in Grove Hill Cemetery there. A memberial fund has been established for the American Cancer Society.
Robert Gruber, 70, of Morrison, Ill., died Wednesday, June 6, 1984, at the Community General Hospital, Sterling, Ill. Robert G. Gruber was born Nov. 23, 1913, in Canton, a son of Thomas and Edna Goodwin Gruber. He was raised in Canton and married in 1939 to Margaret Stratton in Monticello. He was later married to Geneva Armstrong on Feb. 7, 1953, in Marion, Ind. She died Feb. 7, 1976. He had resided in Morrison since 1953 where he had worked with the conservation department at the Morrison Rockwood State Park for the past 10 years. Survivors include a son, Robert E. Gruber of Morrison; three daughters, Mrs. Stephen Kemmer, Mrs. Gordon Bramm and Mrs. Don Caskey, all of Morrison; five grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. Zilpha Shatzer and Mrs. William Brown, both of Canton, and Mrs. Robert Risk of Keokuk and other relatives. He was also preceded in death by his parents and a grandson. Funeral services were held Saturday at the Renkes Reynolds Funeral Home in Morrison. Burial was in Grove Hill Cemetery there. A memberial fund has been established for the American Cancer Society.
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