Zelpha (Scott) Grobe, 95, of Ottawa, passed away on Sunday, October 29, 2023 at OSF St. Elizabeth Medical Center.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, November 10, 2023 at Trinity Lutheran Church, with Rev. Phillip Potaczek, Pastor, officiating. Burial will follow at Oakwood Memorial Park. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. on Thursday, November 9, 2023 at the Mueller Funeral Home in Ottawa and at the church one hour prior to the service on Friday.
Zelpha was born on November 29, 1927 in Peru, to Harry and Edith (Hocking) Dwornik. She was a graduate of L-P High School class of 1945. Zelpha married Richard E. Scott on June 14, 1947 and he passed in September of 1981. She later married William Grobe on December 26, 1987 and he passed away on July 19, 2021. Zelpha had many jobs and had worked at Sears, Spiegel, Handy Foods, and the LaSalle County Farm Bureau. She was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church.
She is survived by a daughter, Pamela Wanken of Ottawa; a son Richard (Linda) Scott, Jr., of Ottawa; her step children, Michael (Kelly) Grobe, Jeff (Julie) Grobe, Jennifer (Jeff) Carretto, and Holly Grobe; three grandchildren, Bryan Scott of Baton Rouge, LA, Matthew (Bridget) Wanken of Northfield, MN, and Lindsey (Nick) Spence of Ottawa; seven great grandchildren; and a brother Ralph Dwornik.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her first husband, Richard, and her second husband, William.
She was laid to rest in the Garden of Prayer.