Lydia Catherine Pletcher

1857 - 1939  (81 years)

• Name	Lydia Catherine Pletcher
  Birth	16 Oct 1857	Elkhart County, IN
  Gender	Female
  Death	5 Sep 1939
  Person ID	I279	Carl
  Last Modified	20 May 2012

  
  

  Father	Jacob Pletcher, Jr.,   b. 9 Jun 1823, OH d. 11 Nov 1863, Memphis, TN (Age 40 years)
  Mother	Cyrene Dormeyer,   b. 15 Apr 1828, OH d. 28 May 1898, Wakarusa, Elkhart County, IN (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	27 Aug 1845	Crawford County, OH
  Photos		Cyrena Pletcher family
  Family ID	F164	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	David Cortland Grove,   b. 28 May 1853, Putnam County, OH d. 12 Feb 1939, Elkhart County, IN (Age 85 years)
  Marriage	31 May 1877	Elkhart County, IN
  Children	+ 1. Myrtle Elberta Grove,   b. 1878, Elkhart County, IN d. 1969, St. Joseph County, IN (Age 91 years) + 2. Frank James Grove,   b. 17 Oct 1887, Elkhart County, IN d. 20 Mar 1959, Wakarusa, Elkhart County, IN (Age 71 years) + 3. Ray Orville "Coxy" Grove,   b. 31 May 1889, Wakarusa, Elkhart County, IN d. 7 Jun 1966, Elkhart County, IN (Age 77 years)   4. Clyde "Jack" Grove,   b. Apr 1895, Elkhart County, IN d. 1951 (Age ~ 55 years) + 5. Martha Ellen Grove,   b. 21 Jul 1898, Elkhart County, IN d. 15 Jun 1987, Kosciusko County, IN (Age 88 years) + 6. Mildred Lydia Grove,   b. 23 Jun 1904, Elkhart County, IN d. 16 Jun 1986, South Bend, St. Joseph County, IN (Age 81 years)
  Family ID	F162	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	18 Jan 2014

  
  

• Photos		Lydia (Pletcher) Grove
  		Lydia (Pletcher) Grove

  
  

• Notes

  Obituary Notice--Wakarusa Tribune, Sep. 9 1937 "Mrs. Lydia Grove, 79, wife of David C. Grove, died Sunday at her home in Wakarusa. Ill for three years, she was bedfast a week. Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at the Wakarusah nhurch, where she had been a member since 1873. The Rev. Gordon Kemble officiated. Burial in North Union Cemetery. Mrs. Grove was born at Wakarusa, Oct 16, 1857, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Pletcher. She was married to Mr. Grove Ma y 30, 1877. They had lived in Wakarusa all their married life. Surviving are Mr. Grove; six children, Mrs. Daniel (Myrtle) Myers, Ray Grove, and Mrs. Melvin (Mildred) Myers of Wakarusa, Frank Grove of North Liberty, Clyde Grove of Syracuse, and Mrs. Elgie (Martha) Truex of Warsaw; 23 grandchildren; nine gdchildren, and one sister, Mrs. Martha E. Baker of Elkhart. A daughter, Lillie, died in infancy." Death date--1939 from tombstone. Date from Howard Pletcher, Goshen, IN 1910 Census lists her occupation as a carpet weaver.