Audrey Edith Grobe, 89, of Ottawa died on Wednesday February 28, 2018 at LaSalle County Nursing Home. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. on Friday, March 9, 2018 at the Mueller Funeral Home in Ottawa, with Rev. John Walker, Pastor of First Presbyterian Church, officiating. Burial will follow at Oakwood Memorial Park. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. on Thursday, at the funeral home.
Audrey was born on November 14, 1928 in Ottawa to Earl and Elverta (Emrich) Kilgore. She was a graduate of Ottawa Township High School and Business School in Chicago. Audrey married Edward L. Grobe on June 28, 1947 at the First Presbyterian Church in Ottawa, by the late Dr. CC McClelland. She worked in the office at Libbey-Owens Ford 28 years. Audrey was a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Ottawa.
She is survived by her husband Edward, two children, Deborah (Glenn) Nanouski, of Ottawa, and Daniel (Cathi) Grobe, of Williamsburg, IA, 3 grandchildren, Lisa (Adam) Lemke, Jon (Janelle) Grobe, and Meghan (Daniel) Menzel, and 6 great-grandchildren, Payton Lemke, Kaiden Lemke, Keegan Grobe, Kara Grobe, Kinnick Grobe, and Arlette Menzel.
She was preceded in death by her parents and a sister Roberta Halm. Pallbearers will be Jon Grobe, Adam Lemke, Daniel Menzel, Lisa Lemke, Meghan Menzel, and Janelle Grobe; her great grandchildren will be honorary pallbearers.
Memorials may be directed to the First Presbyterian Church.
Audrey has been laid to rest in the Garden of the Ten Commandments.
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