Etta P. Grobe

Female 1887 - 1967  (79 years)


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  • Name Etta P. Grobe 
    Born 28 Aug 1887  Lee County, IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 9 Aug 1967  McHenry, IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried 10 Aug 1967  Dixon, IL,Oakwood Cemtery, single plot, Lot #488, Section 3, Gr 4, Space 3 Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I04485  Tombeau Family Tree
    Last Modified 24 Feb 2007 

    Father William Grobe,   b. 1867 
    Mother Elizabeth Delp,   b. 1869, Jordan Twp., Whiteside Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1904  (Age < 35 years) 
    Family ID F1679  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Harold Durham 
    Family ID F1682  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Wilbur Spielman,   b. 20 Nov 1886, Ogle County, IL Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Jan 1967, Chicago, IL Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years) 
    Married Bef 1910  Divorced January 1919 Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. May Spielman
     2. Vera Spielman
    +3. Elmer Bruce Spielman,   b. 21 May 1911, Dixon, IL Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Sep 1989, Phoenix, Maricopa Co., AZ Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)
    +4. Marjorie Spielman,   b. 21 Jun 1914, Rochelle, IL Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Mar 2002, St. Joseph Villa, Omaha, NB Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years)
     5. Robert Spielman
     6. Fern Spielman,   b. 21 Jun 1914, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Jan 1993, Honolulu, Hawaii Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)
    Family ID F1681  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    Cemetery Index for Etta Grobe
    Cemetery Index for Etta Grobe

  • Notes 
    • She was living at 222 1/2 First Sttreet, 4th precinct, Dixon Twp., Lee County, IL during the 1920 Federal Census. No husband was listed at that time as the entry is under her as head of house. This Census states her occupation is that of a dishwasher at a restaurant. Ages of childen arenoted in the 1920 Cesnsus in St. Vincent's Home 1920 Census, Stephenson Co, IL. Her son Robert is recorded both in the orphanage on 16 January 1920 and with his mother from January 3-5, 1920.

      Her marriage to Wilbur Spielman took place before 1910 or early in 1910 according to the 1910 Federal Census. Etta and Wilbur appear to have separated by 1920, as he is not in her household.

      At the time of her death her obit indicates she was living in McHenry, IL, with her son Wilbur Spielman. She had two daughters also survive her, Marjorie Spielman Worton of Maui, Hawaii and Fern DeMello of Dixon, IL. (Sterling Daily Gazette, August 9, 1967).

      It is also reported to me orally that she had been admitted at least once to the Elgin (IL) State Hospital.

      Her funeral home was the Wheelock-Allen Funeral Home in Rock Falls, IL., according to her above obit. The minister was pastor of The Assembly of God Church. Her obituary, dated 9 August 1967 in the Sterling (IL) Daily Gazette, states she was survived by a son, Elmer Spielman, in whose home she died, a daughter Marrjorie Worton of Dixon, IL, and Fern DeMello of Maui, Hawaii, and was preceeded in death by two daughters and a son. Elmer subsequently died in AZ. (See his entry)