C.H. Grubb
June 2, 2009
C.H. was born August 15, 1941 in Horton, Kansas to Loyd and Sophia (Meerpohl) Grubb. He attended the Horton School system until midterm of his junior year, when his family moved to Fremont. He graduated from Fremont Senior High School in June of 1959.
After graduation, C.H. worked for the Coca-Cola Distributing Co. in Fremont until 1963. In 1964 he went to work for the Falstaff Beer Co. In 1968, he was hired by the city of Fremont to be a firefighter. He was a professional firefighter with the Fremont Fire Dept. until October of 1994. During this time, on his days off, he operated a professional lawn service. After retiring from the fire department in 1994, he worked for the Fremont City Park Dept. until September of 1999 when he fully retired.
In October of 2002, C.H. and his wife Sharon moved to Casa Grande, Arizona. There, he was active with their RV park Fire Dept. C.H. was a member of the Fremont Eagles Aerie 200, Fremont's Antique Tractor Club, and he had served on the board of the Village of Inglewood here.
On November 30, 1963, C.H. was married to Sharon Updike.
Survivors: wife - Sharon
sister - Rose Mary and husband John Terry of Canton, Michigan
brother - Lyle and wife Jan Grubb of Fremont
step-sister - Vicky Sayles of Omaha
mother-in-law - Betty Updike of Fremont
brother-in-law - Harold and wife Wilma Updike of Eudora, Kansas
11 nieces and nephews
21 great nieces and nephews
1 great, great niece
C.H. was preceded in death by his parents Loyd and Sophia, step-father Delmar Kinkade, father-in-law
Kenneth Updike, step-brother-in-law Delbert Sayles, and niece Barb Grubb.
The funeral service will be 10:30 AM Tuesday (June 9th, 2009) at the First United Methodist Church, Fremont, with the Rev. Ron Croom officiating. The committal will follow in Ridge Cemetery. Memorials may be directed to the family.
Visitation will be at the Ludvigsen Mortuary in Fremont today (Monday-June 8th) from 2 to 8 PM, with the family receiving friends from 6 to 8 PM.
Online guestbook at www.Ludvigsenmortuary.com
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