Jennings, Alice Louise Groff (1904-2003)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2003 Dec 15 p. 12

Birth date: 1904 Sep 20

text of obituary:

ALICE GROFF JENNINGS

Alice Louise Groff Jennings, 99, of Glendale, Ariz., died Nov. 8, 2003, at Glencroft Care Center. She was born Sept. 20, 1904, to Jonas and Hattie Ebersole Groff in Sterling, Ill.

Her early education was at East Science Ridge School in Sterling. On Aug. 9, 1923, she married Ervin B. Jennings. They traveled to California on their honeymoon and stayed.

She was a homemaker. She and Ervin lived in Upland, Sacramento and then 40 years in Fresno. In addition to being a mother, she traveled with her salesman husband and was responsible for much of the bookkeeping.

In 1984, after the death of her husband, she moved to Hubbard, Ore., to be near a daughter. The last 15 years she was a resident of Glencroft Retirement Center, Glendale, Ariz.

She loved music, especially church vocal music. She was a social person. Friends and friendships were important to her. She kept a table full of photographs and albums full of pictures of her family and past events to share with anyone who stopped by her apartment.

She was a lifelong member of the Mennonite Church. Her religious roots gave meaning and stability to her life.

Survivors include two daughters, Lois Yearout of Fresno, Calif., and Ellen Davidhizar of Sun City; a son, Ernest Jennings of Cottonwood, Idaho; a brother, Robert Groff of Colorado Springs, Colo.; nine grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Ervin; an infant son, Carl Ervin; a brother, Lawrence; and sisters Myrtle and Ella.

Services took place at Glencroft Community Church Chapel. Burial was in Fresno (Calif.) Memorial Gardens.