Residence: Indiana Veterans Home of West Lafayette (formerly of Monticello "Norway area"), Indiana
Died: Sunday, June 29, 2014
Location: 1:35 p.m., at the Indiana Veterans Home in West Lafayette, Indiana
 
 
Age: 87
Date of Birth: Tuesday, June 14, 1927
Birth place: Evergreen Park, Illinois.

Branch: Army

Service: World War II
Father: Henry Arthur Groen
 
Mother: Alice ( Huizenga ) Groen
 
Marital Status: Widowed
Resided in: Lived in the Monticello, Indiana, community for the past 30 years, coming from DeMotte, Indiana
Funeral Date: Wednesday, July 02, 2014
Funeral Location: 10:30 a.m. (EDT), Wednesday, July 2, 2014, Celebration of Life Service at the Miller - Roscka Funeral Home of Monticello, Indiana
Clergy: Rev. Brian Beeks of the Monticello United Methodist Church of Monticello, Indiana, and Chaplin Tom Covington of the Guardian Angel Hospice of Lafayette, Indiana
Burial will take place:
Hughes Cemetery in rural Monticello, Indiana, with Full Military Rites by the Monticello Veterans Honor Guard of Monticello, Indiana.
Visitation will be:
4:00 to 8:00 p.m. (EDT), Tuesday, July 1, 2014, at the Miller - Roscka Funeral Home of Monticello, Indiana
Biographical Information:
Art was a resident at the Indiana Veterans Home in West Lafayette, Indiana, for the last several years, moving from the Monticello (Norway area), Indiana, community where he had lived for over thirty (30) years, coming from DeMotte, Indiana. He was a member of the United Methodist Church, American Legion Post #81, VFW Post #2231, and the AmVets Post #91, all of Monticello, Indiana. Art had also served on the Monticello Veterans Honor Guard of Monticello, Indiana, for several years. He was a United States World War II Army Veteran. He loved spending time with his family, and was an avid bowler.
Special Services: Full Military Rites by the Monticello Veterans Honor Guard of Monticello, Indiana at the Hughes Cemetery in rural Monticello, Indiana.
Memorial Information: Memorials my be given to the family. Envelopes will be available at the funeral home.
Marriage Information: On September 24, 1947, in Mt. Greenwood, Illinois, he married Phyllis J. (Red, White and Blue Lady) Fase. She passed away on Sunday, May 1, 2011.
Survivors include:
Daughters, Dorothy L. (husband Dave) Kampenga of Wheatfield, Indiana, and Alyce K. (husband Lloyd) Collinsworth of Monticello, Indiana; Sons, Thomas J. (wife Paula) Groen of Highland, Indiana, Richard L. Groen of Debary, Florida, Robert A. (wife Mary) Groen of DeMotte, Indiana, and Arthur H. (wife Coletta) Groen, Jr. of Tinley Park, Illinois; Eighteen (18) Grandchildren; Thirty - Two (32) Great Grandchildren; Brother, Roger Groen of Monee, Illinois; Several Nieces, Nephews, Great Nieces, Great Nephews and Cousins; Brothers-in-law, Andrew Fase of Escanaba, Michigan, David (wife Judy) Fase of Oklahoma, and Leon VanRees of Muskegon, Michigan.
Preceded in Death:
Parents, Henry Arthur and Alice Groen; Wife, Phyllis J. (Red, White and Blue Lady) Groen; Brother, Don Groen.
Arrangements by:
Miller - Roscka Funeral Home, 6368 E. US 24, Monticello, Indiana, 47960 ( 574 ) 583-8488.