Elizabeth Maude Grove

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Elizabeth Maude Grove (Heatwole)

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Birthplace: Dale Enterprise, Rockingham County, Virginia, United States
Death: September 13, 1964 (74)
Place of Burial: Harrisonburg, Rockingham County, Virginia, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of (Bishop) Lewis James Heatwole and Mary Alice Heatwole
Wife of Earl Landes Grove and Rev. Charles Menno Grove
Sister of Verdie Mae Heatwole; Fanny Catherine “Katie” Grove (Heatwole); Nellie Virginia Suter; Bessie Pearl Wenger; Justus Bare Heatwole and 2 others

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About Elizabeth Maude Grove

HARRISONBURG- Mrs. Elizabeth Heatwole Grove, 74, a former resident of Waynesboro, died unexpectedly at her home in Dale Enterprise at 12:50 p.m. Sunday.

Mrs. Grove was the wife of Earl L. Grove.  She has been a volunteer weather observer at the old Dale Enterprise weather station founded by her father, the late Lewis J. Heatwole in 1880 for the past three decades.
After the death of her father in 1933, Mrs. Grove and her brother, the late Justus B. Heatwole, recorded the weather conditions for the Weather Bureau.  Since Mr. Heatwole's death in 1959, Mrs. Grove had continued the work alone.
Mrs. Grove taught in the public schools for seven years during her early life and later served as a substitute teacher.  She was a member of the Weavers Mennonite Church near Harrisonburg and taught in the Church Sunday School.
Born on Nov. 16, 1896, at Dale Enterprise, she was also a daughter of the late Mary Coffman Heatwole.  Besides her husband, she is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Richard Weaver of Harrisonburg; a sister, Mrs. Annie L. Heatwole of Harrisonburg and two grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. in the Weavers Mennonite Church with Bishop Mahlon Blosser officiating, assisted by the Rev. D. W. Lehman and Bishop Lloyd Horst.  Burial will be in the Weavers Cemetery.
The body will rest at the Grove residence until the hour of service.  Relatives and pallbearers will meet at the home at 2 p.m. Tuesday for a brief service conducted by the Rev. Chester K. Lehman before going to the church.

Waynesboro News Virginian-date of paper: September 14, 1964

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Elizabeth Maude Grove's Timeline

1889
November 16, 1889
Dale Enterprise, Rockingham County, Virginia, United States
1964
September 13, 1964
Age 74
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Weavers Mennonite Church Cemetery, Harrisonburg, Rockingham County, Virginia, United States