To request a copy of this photo for your own personal use, please contact our state coordinator. If you are not a family member or the original photographer — please refrain from copying or distributing this photo to other websites.
Thank you for visiting the Texas Gravestone Photo Project. On this site you can upload gravestone photos, locate ancestors and perform genealogy research. If you have a relative buried in Texas, we encourage you to upload a digital image using our Submit a Photo page. Contributing to this genealogy archive helps family historians and genealogy researchers locate their relatives and complete their family tree.
Submitted: 4/10/21 • Approved: 4/12/21 • Last Updated: 4/15/21 • R407236-G0-S3
December 22, 1920 - January 28, 2000
*Obituary
ROTAN - John Carl Gruben, 79, died Friday, Jan. 28, 2000.
Services are 2 p.m. Sunday at the Crossroads Baptist Church with the Rev. Randy Evans and the Rev. Mike O'Neill officiating. Burial in Roby Cemetery, directed by Weathersbee Funeral Home.
Mr. Gruben was born in the Royston community and attended school there. He was a veteran of WWII, serving in the U.S. Army, and was a farmer. He married Aladean Smith in 1946.
Survivors include his wife of Rotan; one daughter, Pat Helms of Rotan; one son, Donald Gruben of Rotan; four brothers, Paul Gruben of Lovington, N.M., Earnest Gruben of Kermit, Dick Gruben of Royston, Troy Gruben of Roby; three sisters, Irene Clark of Rotan, Bill Summerlin of Snyder, Rose Young of Littlefield; four grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; numerous nieces and nephews.
From THE ABILENE (TX) REPORTER (1/29/2000)
Contributed on 4/10/21 by texasfindagraver
Email This Contributor
Suggest a Correction
Record #: 407236