Alwyn F. “Al” Groholske, 73, of Tekonsha, passed away peacefully Wednesday, September 25, 2019 at Rose Arbor Hospice House in Kalamazoo.
A funeral service will be held on Monday, September
30, 2019 at 11:00 AM at Dutcher Funeral Home in Coldwater with Pastor Matthew
West of the Girard United Methodist Church officiating. Interment will follow at Evergreen Cemetery
in Girard Township.
Visitation will be held Sunday, September 29, 2019
from 3 – 7:00 PM at the funeral home.
Alwyn was born June 10, 1946 in Coldwater to Frank and
Margaret (Tobolski) Groholske. He
married Judy Scheidler on November 18, 1967 in Coldwater. Together they had two
children Brent and Amy.
Alwyn was a member of St. Charles Catholic Church. He
was a member of FFA during high school. He had a love of farming and became a lifelong
farmer, where he was a member of the Farm Bureau. Al also worked for Eaton Corp in Marshall for
30 years, retiring in 1995.
He enjoyed basketball when he was younger and was
known as “Wilt”. Al also liked spending time doing tractor pulling, hunting and
was a John Deere fan. Alwyn was soft spoken, a patient, kind and loving man.
In addition to his wife of 51 years, Judy; Alwyn is
survived by his son Brent (Lisa) Groholske of Tekonsha, and his daughter Amy
(Richard) Watson of Burlington; his sisters Marcedes (Ronald) Johnson of
Coldwater, and Cynthia Jeffery of Tekonsha; his grandchildren Devon, Jacob and
Mitchell Watson, Carlee & Mia Larimer, and Caleb Groholske; his
brother-in-law Quentin (Barbara) Scheidler; his sisters-in-law Marcia (Rick)
Wilcox and Cheryl Scheidler, and many nieces and nephews.
He was preceded
in death by his parents; brothers-in-law Donald Jeffery and Karl Scheidler,
sister-in-law Helen Scheidler, his niece Delores Johnson and nephew Douglas
Johnson.
Memorial donations may be directed to Girard UMC or
Hospice Care of SW Michigan.
www.dutcherfh.com
