Edmund Grothe

Services for Edmund Grothe, 89, who died Jan. 2 at Salem Home in Hillsboro, were Saturday. Interment was at Zion Lutheran Cemetery.

Born Oct. 15, 1935, in Wichita to Edmund and Ruby (Hannaman) Grothe, he married Sylvia Hein on April 19, 1997, in Durham.

She survives along with sons Douglas Grothe of Wichita and Michael Grothe of Wamego; daughter Deborah Conner of Houston; sister Joycelyn Harvey of Taylor, Texas; six grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.

Sister Janet Ratzlaff preceded him in death.

A memorial has been established with Zion Lutheran Church.