Colette Grote
Mount Carmel
Mass of the Christian burial for Colette Grote of Mount Carmel
will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday, May 25, 2007, at Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Catholic Church in Mount Carmel.
Mrs. Grote, 99, died Monday, May 21, at Carroll Health Center.
The Rev. James McAlpin will preside at the Mass. Lectors will be
Greg Rosener and Mike Vonnahme. Gift bearers will be Patty Gehling and
Karen Sadwith. Eucharistic ministers will be Sandy Grote and Duane Olberding.
Casket bearers will be Rick Grote, Mike Grote, David Grote, Larry
Grote, Tom Grote, Aaron Grote, Patrick Aaron Grote, Heath Grote and Jeff
Grote. The Breda American Legion Auxiliary will have an honor guard.
Burial will be in St. Bernard Cemetery at Breda.
Visitation starts at 2:30 and the Our Lady of Mount Carmel Altar
Society will lead a rosary at 3 Thursday afternoon at Sharp Funeral Home
in Carroll. Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish will hold a Christian wake
service at 8 Thursday night at the funeral home.
A daughter of Bernard and Emma (Hoebing) Schettler, she was born
March 31, 1908, at Breda, attended St. Bernard School there and spent
her younger years in the community.
She and Herman W. Grote were married Aug. 23, 1927, at St.
Bernard Catholic Church in Breda.
The Grotes farmed two miles west of Mount Carmel. Mrs. Grote was
a homemaker and helped on the farm. She moved to Carroll Health Center in 1992.
She was a member of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Parish and Altar
Society, Breda American Legion Auxiliary and National Catholic Order of
Foresters, and she was a 4-H Leader for many years. She enjoyed making
candles, cooking, baking and gardening.
Survivors include 12 children: Paul Grote and wife Irma of
Carroll, Norbert Grote of Glidden, Leonard Grote and wife Joyce of
Minooka, Ill., Jack Grote and wife Doreen of Carroll, Lorraine Vonnahme
and husband Lyle of Carroll, Jeanne Rosener and husband John of
Newcastle, Neb., Jim Grote and wife Mary Ann of Cave Creek, Ariz., Mary
Sailer and husband Leonard of Manning, Bill Grote and wife Nancy of
Withee, Wis., Alice Hamilton and husband John of Jefferson, Judy
Olberding and husband Duane of Iowa Falls and Ted Grote and wife Peggy
of Gibson City, Ill.; 55 grandchildren; 110 great-grandchildren; 22
great-great-grandchildren; four stepgrandchildren; a brother, Ray
Schettler, and his wife, Rita, of Breda; and two sisters: Sister Lucille
Schettler FSPA of La Crosse, Wis., and Rita Lorenz and husband Fred of Omaha, Neb.
Mrs. Grote was preceded in death by her parents; her husband,
Herman, in January 1976; a son, Ralph Grote; seven grandchildren; four
great-grandchildren; a great-great-grandchild; two daughters-in-law:
Luella Grote and Marlita Grote; five brothers: Eugene, Leonard, Cyril,
Joe and Vincent Schettler; and five sisters: Marcella Gross, Sister
Karen Schettler FSPA, Cecelia Schettler, Leona Schettler and Georgia Schettler.
(Daily Times Herald, Carroll, Iowa, Wednesday, May 23, 2007) |
