Helen Martha Henn and Jerome Joseph Groebner

JEROME JOSEPH GROEBNER was born December 13, 1921 in New Ulm, Brown, Minnesota,⁴⁵³² and died October 11, 1989.⁴⁵³²

He married HELEN MARTHA HENN on August 16, 1949 in Old St. Mary's Church, Cook County, Illinois,^{2085, 9413} daughter of HELEN BRUMBACK ROE and DR. SAMUEL CHESTER HENN. She was born November 16, 1922 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois,¹⁶³⁶ and died February 8, 2014 in Lombard, DuPage, Illinois.⁷⁹⁹¹

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Chicago Tribune, August 11, 1949⁹⁴¹³

Groebner-Henn

Dr. and Mrs. S. C. Henn of Bennett av. have announced the engagement and approaching marriage Aug. 20 of their daughter, Helen Martha, to Jerome Groebner, son of Mr. and Mrs. Armand Groebner of New Ulm, Minn. The wedding will take place at 10 a.m. in Old St. Mary's church, with a luncheon afterward at the South Shore Country club, and a reception later at the Henn home.

After being graduated from Purdue university, Miss Henn had a year's internship in dietetics in Denver. Her fiance, a research chemist, received both his bachelor's and master's degrees at Notre Dame university.

Arlington Heights Daily Herald, October 16, 1992⁹⁴¹²

Visiting Grandma Finds Experience Enriching

Helen Groebner, of Lombard, volunteers at Stepping Stones Day Care Center in Glen Ellyn, where she serves as a visiting grandma to the children. She also is the "talking books" liaison between the residents of Lexington Square and the Helen Plum Library. Groebner, 69, has two children, Barbara and Mary.

Volunteer Experience.

I have no grandchildren of my own, so I thoroughly enjoy the little children I meet at Stepping Stones. it is a way for me to experience these young ones without the heavy responsibility ordinarily involved. In the talking books program, I help to provide access to books for those whose horizons are limited by visual or physical handicaps. The program is great, such a joy for the participants.

Volunteer Philosophy.

I live in a retirement home but don't intend to molder away. I want to realize my potential and help others to stay in life and keep alive mentally and to preserve what is physically left. My experiences with the children give me an endearing way to enrich my life, and I hope that I can enrich theirs. It takes so little but gives so much in return.

Important Issue.

These little children need seniors in their lives and vice versa. The talking books program keeps minds alive and entertains at no cost to people who my be on fixed incomes.

Current Book.

The classics: "Jane Eyre," "Wuthering Heights," "Tale of Two Cities" and "Ben Hur." We have a book group and that was our recent project. I am currently reading Morris West's "Lazarus."

Perfect Dat.

At least one meeting a day. I am involved in Bible study, conversation group, library duty, rosary, chorus, proofreading our newsletters, and the book group. I also dinner with special, stimulating people. time for reading books (my personal vice), doing puzzles and logic problems, gentle walks with friends and keeping up to date with my daughters and their "children" (two cats, two kittens and a bird).