Obit:

Gruwell, Otto (1868 - 1943)

Contact:

Stan

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stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

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GRUWELL DRINKWINE


----Source: Greenwood Library Scrapbook Collection

MARSHFIELD NEWS HERALD 11/ /1943


GRUWELL SERVICES TO BE HELD FRIDAY
RESIDENT OF GREEWNOOD DIES TUESDAY NIGHT FOLLOWING ILLNESS


Greenwood--Mrs. Otto Gruwell, 75, who lived in the Village of Greenwood, Clark County since 1935, died at 11 o'clock Tuesday night, Nov. 16, 1943 at her home on Main Street. She had been confined to her bed the past 18 weeks.


Mrs. Gruwell, the former Minnie Arvilla Drinkwine, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Larry Drinkwine, was born May 27, 1868, at Plymouth and was married at Merrillan Aug. 1, 1891.


After their marriage the Gruwells lived for a time at Thorp and later moved to a farm 4 miles northwest of Greenwood. Shortly after Mr. Gruwell's death Jan. 29, 1935, Mrs. Gruwell and her niece, Miss Mae Drinkwine, who made her home with the Gruwells for many years, moved to the village of Greenwood.


Surviving besides her niece is a son, Ed, who lives in California. Another son, Asa died in 1940.


Funeral services will be conducted Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock at Grace Methodist Church, the Rev. Alex J. Abbott officiating, and interment will be made in Greenwood Cemetery.

 

 


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