Mother: Elizabeth Mary Brune. Father: Bernard Barney Grote.
EMPORIA GAZETTE, Emporia, Kansas, July 28, 1941
JOSEPH GROTY DEAD.
Joseph Groty, 115 East Logan, died at 1:50 o'clock Saturday afternoon in the Newman Memorial County hospital, where he had been a patient since the middle of May.
Funeral services will be held at 4:30 o'clock this afternoon in the Roberts-Blue Funeral home, conducted by Rev. Claude G. Large, pastor of the First Christian church. Burial will be to Maplewood cemetery.
Mr. Groty was born January 9, 1853, in Cincinnati, Ohio. He married Susan Transou October 3, 1876. They came in 1880 to Emporia, where he had lived since.
Mrs. Groty died May 31, 1918. Mr. Groty is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Fred Weesner, of Hutchinson; Mrs. Edgar Weir, Rock Island, Ill., and Mrs. C. A. Moore. 4 great grand-children also survive.
Mr. Groty had lived with the Moores since the death of Mrs. Groty.
When Mr. Groty first came to Emporia, he worked in the old north of town on the Neosho river. He drove the old hook and ladder wagon, pulled by horses, for the fire department, when the late Dr. G. A. Biddle was mayor. He worked for many years in the bridge and building departments of both the M-K-T and the Santa Fe railways, and later was in the employ of the L. W. Lewis and Sons Construction company. At Emporia's first festival, he rode in the parade as the oldest living former city employe.
Mother: Elizabeth Mary Brune. Father: Bernard Barney Grote.
EMPORIA GAZETTE, Emporia, Kansas, July 28, 1941
JOSEPH GROTY DEAD.
Joseph Groty, 115 East Logan, died at 1:50 o'clock Saturday afternoon in the Newman Memorial County hospital, where he had been a patient since the middle of May.
Funeral services will be held at 4:30 o'clock this afternoon in the Roberts-Blue Funeral home, conducted by Rev. Claude G. Large, pastor of the First Christian church. Burial will be to Maplewood cemetery.
Mr. Groty was born January 9, 1853, in Cincinnati, Ohio. He married Susan Transou October 3, 1876. They came in 1880 to Emporia, where he had lived since.
Mrs. Groty died May 31, 1918. Mr. Groty is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Fred Weesner, of Hutchinson; Mrs. Edgar Weir, Rock Island, Ill., and Mrs. C. A. Moore. 4 great grand-children also survive.
Mr. Groty had lived with the Moores since the death of Mrs. Groty.
When Mr. Groty first came to Emporia, he worked in the old north of town on the Neosho river. He drove the old hook and ladder wagon, pulled by horses, for the fire department, when the late Dr. G. A. Biddle was mayor. He worked for many years in the bridge and building departments of both the M-K-T and the Santa Fe railways, and later was in the employ of the L. W. Lewis and Sons Construction company. At Emporia's first festival, he rode in the parade as the oldest living former city employe.
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