Alice Lorraine Groethe Obituary
We are sad to announce that on December 22, 2022, at the age of 95, Alice Lorraine Groethe of Rapid City, South Dakota passed away. Family and friends are welcome to leave their condolences on this memorial page and share them with the family.
She was predeceased by: her husband Bill Groethe; her parents, Emmanual F. Marks and Alice Marks (Olson); and her siblings, Jerry Marks, Doris Teliha, Don Marks and Barbara Ann Smith.
She is survived by: her grandsons, Dominic, Michael and Mathew Mincks; her brother Robert Marks; her sisters-in-law, Nancy Marks, Jean Diggins (Groethe), Jo Solon (Groethe) and Mary Groethe; her children, Jane Ann Mincks (Groethe) and Mark Howlett Groethe; her grandchildren, Emma B. Mincks, Benjamin Joseph Mincks, Hannah Jo Mincks, Farrah Beard Mincks, Miranda Nizam-Aldine (Zachary), Derek Ririe, William Ryan Groethe and Emily Beth Groethe; and her nieces and nephews, Jim Teliha, Alison Lively, Andrea Eckas, Richard Marks, Lori Ruart, Robin Aasen, Libby Anderson, Steve Smith, Dean Smith and David Marks. She is also survived by many nieces, nephews, great grandchildren.
She combed and brushed Bill's hair and all of her grandchildren's hair, and enjoyed getting her hair done, or styled during the pandemic by her grand-daughter in law Farrah.
Donations can be made to Calvary Lutheran Church- (note Alice Groethe Fund for Access), since Alice loved going to church and used the provided assisted listening devices to hear the service and the music once they were invented.
