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Arkansas Gazette, Little Rock, Arkansas, Monday, September 25, 1944, Page 5: John R. Grobmyer, aged 59, of 327 Charles street, president of the J. R. Grobmyer Lumber Company, died at a Little Rock hospital Sunday. He had been well known in the lumber industry of Arkansas for many years. He formerly lived at Forrest City and served as mayor there a year. He came to Little Rock in 1926 and bought the Beeler Lumber Company. He had been in the lumber business since that time. Mr. Grobmyer attended school in Carrollton, Ky., and Xavier College, Dayton, O. He was a member of St. Andrew's cathedral, Little Rock Rotary Club, Little Rock Country Club, Chamber of Commerce, and the Arkansas Lumbermen's Association, of which he was a past president. He served as president of the Forrest City Rotary Club in 1924 and 1925. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Tolise Grobmyer; four daughters, Mrs. J. E. Stanton, Jr., Mrs. W. L. Tedford, Jr., Mrs. W. S. Mitchell Jr., and Miss Marilyn Grobmyer; a son, John R. Grobmyer, Jr., and six grandchildren, all of Little Rock; five sisters, Mrs. Casper Hill, Mrs. John Glauber, Mrs. Lawrence Ramme and Mrs. Mack Evans of Carrollton, Ky., and Sister Agnes of Columbus, O. Funeral arrangements will be announced by R. H. Ruebel & Co.

Arkansas Gazette, Little Rock, Arkansas, Tuesday, September 26, 1944, Page 10: John R. Grobmyer. Funeral services for John R. Grobmyer, aged 59, of 327 Charles street, president of the J. R. Grobmyer Lumber Company will be held at St. Andrew's cathedral, Seventh and Louisiana street, by Father Bernard F. McDevitt at 10 a.m. Tuesday. Burial will be in Roselawn Memorial park by Ruebel & Co. [A long list of active and honorary pallbearers follows].

Birth	16 May 1885	Carrollton, Carroll Co., Kentucky
Marriage	7 Nov 1907	Forrest City, St Francis Co., Arkansas - Tolise Rollwage
Residence	1920	Madison, St Francis Co., Arkansas
Death	24 Sep 1944	Little Rock, Pulaski Co., Arkansas
Residence		St Francis Co., Arkansas
Residence		Pulaski Co., Arkansas
Burial		Roselawn Memorial Park, Little Rock, Pulaski Co., Arkansas

Spouse	Tolise Rollwage (1884 - 1958)
Child	Elizabeth Grobmyer (1908 - 1974)
Child	Dorothy Grobmyer (1912 - 2001)
Child	Virginia Rollwage Grobmyer (1913 - 2005)
Child	John Rudolph Grobmyer Jr. (1915 - 1998)
Child	Marilyn Grobmyer (1923 - 2005)