Gertrude May Groff^{[1, 2]}

1886 - 1962  (75 years)

• Name	Gertrude May Groff
  Born	11 Oct 1886	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Gender	Female
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/29255220
  Eby ID Number	00044-3356.2
  Died	29 Jul 1962	Ventura, Ventura, California, United States   [3]
  Buried	Okoboji Cemetery, Arnolds Park, Dickinson, Iowa, United States   [3]
  Person ID	I4108	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	Ephraim Groff,   b. 6 Jun 1860, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 18 Mar 1913, Milford, Dickinson, Iowa, United States  (Age 52 years)
  Mother	Clementina "Clementine" "Tina" Stauffer,   b. 10 Feb 1866, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 7 Nov 1963, Spirit Lake, Dickinson, Iowa, United States  (Age 97 years)
  Married	5 Aug 1885	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Family ID	F1313	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Gertrude M. Skyllingstad died Sunday, July 29, in a hospital at Ventura, California, following a heart attack. Funeral services, under the direction of the Leyson Funeral Home, were held in the Union Memorial Church Friday, August 3. The Rev. John Kirby officiated with burial in the Oko- boji Cemetery at Arnolds Park. Serving as pallbearers were Elmer Kinkade, Frank Hemphill, Orville Donaldson, Claude Truax, Ralph Hunt all of Milford and Russell King of Spencer. Mrs. Dwight Hemphill and Mrs. Lecter Scott, accompanied by Mrs. E. L. Maas, sang "My God and I". Mrs. Orville Donaldson and Mrs. Frank Hemphill were in charge of floral arrangements. Mrs. Skyllingstad, daughter of Ephraim and Clementina Groff, was born at Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, October 11, 1886. She was a member of the Presbyterian Church at Ventura. Survivors include her husband, Oscar Skyllingstad of Ventura: two sons, Dale of Fairfield, Ohio, and Lee of Ventura, California; six grandchildren; her mother, Mrs. C. Groff; a brother, L. L Groff; and a sister, Mrs. Frank Fellows all of Milford. The Milford Mail, Aug. 9th, 1962

  
  

• Sources

  [S3] Book - Vol I A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., 725. [S10] Book - Vol II A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., 515. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/29255220. [S2224] Berliner Journal Marriages 1885, 13 Aug 1885. 05 Aug 1885 Ephraim Groff and Clementina Stauffer, both of Waterloo Township, were married by Rev. Philips in Galt.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 11 Oct 1886 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 29 Jul 1962 - Ventura, Ventura, California, United States Buried - - Okoboji Cemetery, Arnolds Park, Dickinson, Iowa, United States  = Link to Google Earth