Frederick Ismond Grobb

Rank:

Lieutenant

Unit at enlistment:

125th Battalion

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Yes

Cemetery:

Farringdon Cemetery, Brantford, Ontario

Commemorated at:

Park Baptist Church

Birth country:

Canada

Birth county:

Brant

Birth city:

Brantford, Ontario

Address at enlistment:

52 Chestnut Avenue, Brantford, Ontario

Next of kin address:

52 Chestnut Avenue, Brantford, Ontario

Trade or calling:

Manufacturer

Employer:

Massey-Harris Co.

Religious denominations:

Baptist

Marital status:

Married

Age at enlistment:

Letters and documents

Miscellaneous

BX July 7, 1945

Frederick I. Grobb

Frederick I. Grobb, late of 52 Chestnut Avenue, City, died suddenly last evening at his summer home Turkey Point, in his sixty-ninth year. He was born in Brantford, the son of the late Franklin Grobb and Martha Ismond, and trained as a physical director in the Y.M.C.A. He was a director of physical activities in the United States for some time before he came in that capacity to the local Y.M.C.A. Except for a few years spent in the West as a young man, he has resided in Brantford ever since that time. The late Mr. Grobb served overseas with the 125th Battalion during the First Great War, and on his return became Secretary of the Brantford Board of Trade. He was also a member of the Rotary Club, Doric Lodge, A.F. and A.M., and Secretary of the local Civilian Defense Committee which was set up at the beginning of this war. Besides his widow, formerly Anna Martin, he leaves to mourn, one son, Eric Grobb, City, one daughter, Mrs. Lawrence Jordan, (Katherine), Calgary, Alta., two brothers, Charles Grobb, Toronto and Gordon Grobb, Whitby, and one sister, Mrs. F. Westaway, City. Mr. Grobb is resting at the Beckett Funeral Home where service will be held Monday afternoon, to Farringdon Burial Ground.

BX July 10, 1945

Frederick I. Grobb

The funeral of Frederick I. Grobb was conducted Monday afternoon from the Beckett Funeral Home. Rev. Dr. L.C. Kitchen of First Baptist Church was in charge of the service. The following were flower bearers; Col. L.F. Bishop and Rex Wynn, military comrades of the deceased during the First Great War, and D.B. Williams, J.W. Lock and P.E. Francis. The pallbearers were Clayton Moyer, Donald Waterous, Harvey Ryerson, Leo Martin, George Scott and Frank Westaway. Interment was in Farringdon Burial Ground.