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Herbert L. Groteluschen was the seventh child of Louis and Anna Ahrens Groteluschen, born June 1, 1908 in Gray, Iowa and died April 16, 1988 in Audubon, IA.
He attended parochial school at Trinity Lutheran Church in Gray until the family moved to Audubon in 1922. He graduated from Audubon High School in 1927 where he played basketball. He spent his summers working on a farm in Nebraska. He also helped his brother-in-law, Jack Keat, on the Iowa farm.
He attended Boyles Commercial College in Omaha, worked at the restaurant in the Medical Arts Building in Omaha. He was also employed at Plond Clothing store in Audubon and Olsens Grocery in Audubon. He transferred to the Olsen store in Atlantic and then to their store in Manning in 1936, the year of the notorious cold, snowy winter. He purchased the Olsen store in Manning and renamed it the Manning Food Market. He operated it for 29 years until 1967, then sold it and purchased a small store in Fonda, IA and operated it for six years until he retired and moved to Audubon in 1973.
Submitted by his wife, Dorothy Groteluschen
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Herbert L. Groteluschen was the seventh child of Louis and Anna Ahrens Groteluschen, born June 1, 1908 in Gray, Iowa and died April 16, 1988 in Audubon, IA.
He attended parochial school at Trinity Lutheran Church in Gray until the family moved to Audubon in 1922. He graduated from Audubon High School in 1927 where he played basketball. He spent his summers working on a farm in Nebraska. He also helped his brother-in-law, Jack Keat, on the Iowa farm.
He attended Boyles Commercial College in Omaha, worked at the restaurant in the Medical Arts Building in Omaha. He was also employed at Plond Clothing store in Audubon and Olsens Grocery in Audubon. He transferred to the Olsen store in Atlantic and then to their store in Manning in 1936, the year of the notorious cold, snowy winter. He purchased the Olsen store in Manning and renamed it the Manning Food Market. He operated it for 29 years until 1967, then sold it and purchased a small store in Fonda, IA and operated it for six years until he retired and moved to Audubon in 1973.
Submitted by his wife, Dorothy Groteluschen
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