JENNIE HOLBROOK GROBERG
IDAHO FALLS, ID -- Jennie Holbrook Groberg, 96, passed
away March 25, 2004 at her home in Idaho Falls, Idaho.
She was born March 3, 1908 in Provo, Utah to Lafayette Hinckley Holbrook
and Alsina Elizabeth Brimhall Holbrook, the fourth of their eleven children.
She was the granddaughter of George H. Brimhall, president of Brigham
Young University. She graduated from Brigham Young University and moved
to Idaho Falls to teach high school in Ammon.
On June 11, 1930 she married Delbert Valentine Groberg in the Salt Lake
LDS temple. They raised eleven children in Idaho Falls. For Jennie, motherhood
was more than a career, more than a profession, it was a lifelong mission.
Service to her family and her church were inseparable. She was a leader
and a teacher in every auxiliary of the church and served as an organist
and pianist for many years. From 1975-1980 her husband was president of
the Idaho Falls temple and Jennie served as matron.
Jennie enjoyed music, speech and dramatic arts. She established and maintained
a detailed record of her forebears and her posterity. Throughout her entire
life, she instructed and inspired her family and friends through her example,
letters, poems, tributes, and family gatherings. In every conversation,
she expressed love and faith, and inspired confidence.
Survivors include her husband, D. V. Groberg of Idaho Falls; three sisters,
Vera (Maurice) Heninger of Provo, Utah; Helen Dahlquist of Provo, Utah;
and Elaine Haymore of Salt Lake City, Utah; children, Mary Jane Groberg
Fritzen of Idaho Falls; Julia (Robert) Blair of Provo, Utah; Elder John
H. (Jean) Groberg of Bountiful, Utah; David H. (Lorraine) Groberg of Sierra
Vista, Arizona; Richard H. (Rhonda) Groberg of Idaho Falls; Delbert H.
(Sharon) Groberg of Sandy, Utah; Joseph H. (Jeanne) Groberg of Idaho Falls;
Elizabeth (Barry) Stratton of Auburn, Washington; Lewis H. (Marie) Groberg
of Idaho Falls; Gloria (Jon) Hubble of Woodland, California; George H.
(Bonnie) Groberg of Idaho Falls; 61 grandchildren; 115 great-grandchildren
and 1 great-great grandchild, but Jennie always said, “This number
is never correct because as soon as I’ve counted them up, a new
one is born.”
She was preceded in death by a son-in-law, Achim Fritzen; a daughter-in-law,
Barbara Colby Groberg; two grandchildren, and 1 great-grandchild.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Monday, March 29, at the Idaho Falls
Stake Center, 1155 1st Street, Idaho Falls, Idaho. Family will visit with
friends on Sunday, March 28 from 7:00- 8:30 p.m. at the Wood Funeral Home,
273 N. Ridge, Idaho Falls, and Monday from 12:30-1:45 p.m. at the stake
center. Burial will be at the Rose Hill Cemetery.