Carrie Helen Groth

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Waterloo Daily Courier Tuesday October 11, 1949

St. Ansgar: Funeral services were here Monday for Mrs. Adolph Groth 57, who died at Rochester Minn., Thursay, following short illness. Nee Carrie Helen Tollefson, she was the daugher of A. K. and Belle Tollefson, She was born at Verdon, S. D., May 4, 1892 and graduated from Northern State Teachers college, Aberdeen, S. D. in 1914.

She taught school in South Dakota for a number of years and was married to Adolph S. Groth at St. Ansgar June 11, 1930. She became a member of First Lutheran church in 1946 and was president of Cemetery society at time of death. She was active in Music Mothers and American Legion auxiliary.

She leaves her husband, one son, Gaylord Lee; one daughter, Kathryn Ann; three brothers, Thomas Tollefson, Aberdeen, S.D; George Tollefson, Tampa, Ida.; Dick Tollefson, Mobridge, S. D.; five sisters; Mrs. Nellie Crandall, Boise, Ida.; Mary Tollefson, Chicago, Ill.; Ada Thompson, Faribault, Minn.; Mrs. Clara Kukor, Round Lake, Ill.; Mrs. Ruth Rymna, Warner, S. D.

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Parents:

 Andrew Knute Tollefson (1854 - 1932)

 Belle Peterson Tollefson (1854 - 1916)

Spouse:

 Adolph Sigurd Groth (1887 - 1952)*

Siblings:

 Ida Tomena Tollefson (1878 - 1946)**

 Knud Tollefson (1879 - 1879)**

 Carrie Helen Tollefson Groth (1892 - 1949)

*Calculated relationship

• *Half-sibling

Burial: First Lutheran Cemetery Saint Ansgar Mitchell County Iowa, USA

Created by: DM Scott Record added: Mar 28, 2010 Find A Grave Memorial# 50351376