Our dear mother, Margaret Ann Grober, age 87 of Munster, IN, passed away on February 4th,2024, surrounded by family. Raised in Northeast Iowa, Margaret was the oldest of four children born to Walter and Evelyn Haugen. She went to Briar Cliff College in Sioux City, Iowa, to become a nurse, a trailblazer in her time for leaving her small-town farming community, to pursue an education and career. Margaret married Vincent on August 22nd, 1959, in Alta Vista, Iowa. They moved to Seneca, Illinois, right after they married and began their family and had seven children: Jenny Freeman (Mark), Jeff Grober (Deb), Mike Grober (Rita), Mary Turner (Joe), Julie Ylo (Chris), JoEllyn Bross (Michael), and Tom Grober (Elizabeth). They lived in Seneca for 58 years.

Margaret was a surgical nurse and later an occupational nurse until retirement. An active member in her community, she was instrumental on the park board and in the development in Crotty Park, as well as the LST Memorial in Seneca. Margaret was particularly active with St. Patrick’s Catholic church – always available to help whenever needed.

Throughout their life, Margaret and Vince experienced many adventurous travels, both abroad and stateside. They had trips to Germany, Peru, Hawaii, Las Vegas, Arizona, and many more. Margaret and Vince loved visiting with friends and family. In retirement, they especially loved visiting their children and grandchildren, always there to watch the grandkids, paint a room, dig a garden – anything their family needed.  Margaret and Vince were married for 52 years before Vince passed away in November of 2011.

In 2017, when an opportunity presented itself for Margaret to live closer to family, she moved to Munster, Indiana. She found a new church home attending daily mass at St. Thomas More Church, where she made many wonderful friends, especially her breakfast club gals.

She is survived by her seven children, 23 grandchildren, and ten great-grandchildren. We’ll dearly miss having a glass of wine with her on the porch, her customary salad with dinner, biscuits and gravy on Sunday mornings, and her famous corn at Thanksgiving. Her absence will be deeply felt each and every day, but the memories of her are a blessing to all who knew her.

In lieu of flowers, the family asks that any charitable donations be made to your favorite charity in honor of Margaret.

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