A. "A. H." Groth 1929
October 27, 2015 12:49 PM
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Dr Aaron Holland Groth
Birth: Aug. 29, 1898
Saint Ansgar
Mitchell County
Iowa, USA
Death: Mar. 24, 1983
Opelika
Lee County
Alabama, USA
Dr. A Holland Groth, 84, Dean Emeritus, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Missouri-Columbia, died March 24, 1983 at the East Alabama Medical Center in Opelika, Alabama.
Funeral services were conducted by the Rev. James P. Dannelly, Jr. of the Auburn Memorial Park cemetery. Members of the Auburn Kiwanis Club served as honorary Pallbearers.
Dr. Groth was born on August 29, 1898 in St. Ansgar township, Mitchell county Iowa. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. H.A. Groth. He attended Spring Valley school and St. Ansgar high school. He graduated from Osage high school in May of 1916. Following graduation
he enrolled at Iowa State University and received a B.S. degree in animal husbandry in 1921.
Later he attended Colorado State Univ. and was awarded an M.S. degree in animal husbandry in 1923. After serving on the faculty of Texas A & M University, he returned to Iowa State University and enrolled in the College of Veterinary Medicine, where he received
a D.V.M. degree in 1931.
Dr. Groth is survived by a son, Dr. Aaron H. Groth, Jr., and by a daughter, Marjorie G. Beckwith, both of Auburn, Ala.; a sister, Cora M. Wahl of St. Ansgar, Iowa; by eight grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
[ Adapted from the St. Ansgar Enterprise -- April 7, 1983 ]
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Parents:
Halsten Assor Groth (1866 - 1947)
Nellie Regina Lane Groth (1870 - 1955)