Walter R. Grose

Monday, April 27, 1998

Walter R. Grose

Taylorstown grocer was retired postmaster
Walter R. Grose, 86, of Taylorstown, died Saturday, April 25, 1998, in his home.

He was born January 12, 1912, in Frostburg, Md., a son of Thomas C. and Edith Pearce Grose.
From November 1933 until 1941, he was an A&P Tea Co. store manager. From 1941 until retirement in October 1976, he owned Grose Markets in Washington, Taylorstown and Hickory.
He also was postmaster in Taylorstown for 28 years.
In 1970, he founded Grose Catering Service in Taylorstown, which is still in existence.
He was a member of Taylorstown Presbyterian Church.
He was a former member of his local fire company, Washington Rotary, Claysville Lodge 447 F.&A.M. and the Syria Temple A.A.O.N.M.S. of Pittsburgh.
Mr. Grose was co-founder of the former Washington Grocers Association, and he served as a past Rotary president and Rotary Paul Harris Fellow.
He was a 1930 graduate of Allegheny High School in Cumberland, Md.
On September 18, 1934, he was married by the late Rev. John W. Love to Lois Alexander, who survives.
Also surviving are three sons, John Fredrick Grose of Hickory, N.C., Reggie Grose of Weirton, W.Va., and David R. Grose of Lexington, Ky.; two daughters, Carol Ruetschi and Ruth Raber, both of Taylorstown; a sister, Ethel Lemman of Darlington; nine grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.
Deceased are two brothers, Pearce and Kenneth Grose.