In June 2016, Ned Groth shared his memories of Hope that I will summarize here.
Hope hated the name Wilberta and always went by the name Hope or the nickname given to her as a child, Sunny. Her older sister Pauline, died when Pauline was only 10 months old and sixteen years before Hope was born. Hope's father Wib was 45 and her mother Lulu 36 when Hope was born and raised as an only child.
Her father, a successful attorney, moved his family to Louisville when Hope was five. Despite her single child status, Hope was socially adept. Her intellectual ability won her a scholarship to Mt. Holyoke College where she majored in English History. It is unclear when her father Wib searched his own family history but her mother Lulu had patiently searched her genealogy identifying ancestors that had served in the Revolutionary War, (no small accomplishments in the early 1900's) perhaps sparking Hope's interest in English History. After her graduation in 1937, she began working back in Louisville as a legal secretary for Arthur Deindorfer who found she was very good at her work. Arthur valued her assistance and they became lifelong friends.
On October 14, 1941 in Crestwood, KY she married Edward Groth Jr. a chemical engineer. The young couple moved to Bound Brook, NJ where Edward had procured employment upon his graduation from Yale. They remained in Bound Brook for the next 35 years where they raised their two sons. The family attended the Bound Brook Presbyterian Church. Summer vacations were 2-3 weeks of traveling via vehicle all over the US, oftentimes involved a trip back to Louisville to visit families and friends. Hope would play the piano on occasion to entertain herself and her family. In Bound Brook she enjoyed the church, the choir, the ladies auxiliary at the hospital, playing bridge, and socializing with neighbors.
In 1961 after her children were no longer at home, Sunny returned to her work as a legal secretary. Now she was working for Morris Ruter in Bound Brook. She continued to work for him for the next 15 years until her move to Las Cruces, NM. Edward had retired from Cyanamid and decided he wanted to teach at NMSU.
Sunny was 60 years old when she completed the move to NM with her husband. Here she elected not to seek further employment. Shortly thereafter Edward's stepmother came to live with them in a "mother-in-law" suite. Edward died 6 years later and Sunny resided the next eight years in Las Cruces becoming somewhat of a recluse before her death at age 74. Her ashes were scattered at the sea shore in Nags Head, one of her favorite vacation sites.
Hope hated the name Wilberta and always went by the name Hope or the nickname given to her as a child, Sunny. Her older sister Pauline, died when Pauline was only 10 months old and sixteen years before Hope was born. Hope's father Wib was 45 and her mother Lulu 36 when Hope was born and raised as an only child.
Her father, a successful attorney, moved his family to Louisville when Hope was five. Despite her single child status, Hope was socially adept. Her intellectual ability won her a scholarship to Mt. Holyoke College where she majored in English History. It is unclear when her father Wib searched his own family history but her mother Lulu had patiently searched her genealogy identifying ancestors that had served in the Revolutionary War, (no small accomplishments in the early 1900's) perhaps sparking Hope's interest in English History. After her graduation in 1937, she began working back in Louisville as a legal secretary for Arthur Deindorfer who found she was very good at her work. Arthur valued her assistance and they became lifelong friends.
On October 14, 1941 in Crestwood, KY she married Edward Groth Jr. a chemical engineer. The young couple moved to Bound Brook, NJ where Edward had procured employment upon his graduation from Yale. They remained in Bound Brook for the next 35 years where they raised their two sons. The family attended the Bound Brook Presbyterian Church. Summer vacations were 2-3 weeks of traveling via vehicle all over the US, oftentimes involved a trip back to Louisville to visit families and friends. Hope would play the piano on occasion to entertain herself and her family. In Bound Brook she enjoyed the church, the choir, the ladies auxiliary at the hospital, playing bridge, and socializing with neighbors.
In 1961 after her children were no longer at home, Sunny returned to her work as a legal secretary. Now she was working for Morris Ruter in Bound Brook. She continued to work for him for the next 15 years until her move to Las Cruces, NM. Edward had retired from Cyanamid and decided he wanted to teach at NMSU.
Sunny was 60 years old when she completed the move to NM with her husband. Here she elected not to seek further employment. Shortly thereafter Edward's stepmother came to live with them in a "mother-in-law" suite. Edward died 6 years later and Sunny resided the next eight years in Las Cruces becoming somewhat of a recluse before her death at age 74. Her ashes were scattered at the sea shore in Nags Head, one of her favorite vacation sites.
In June 2016, Ned Groth shared his memories of Hope that I will summarize here.
Hope hated the name Wilberta and always went by the name Hope or the nickname given to her as a child, Sunny. Her older sister Pauline, died when Pauline was only 10 months old and sixteen years before Hope was born. Hope's father Wib was 45 and her mother Lulu 36 when Hope was born and raised as an only child.
Her father, a successful attorney, moved his family to Louisville when Hope was five. Despite her single child status, Hope was socially adept. Her intellectual ability won her a scholarship to Mt. Holyoke College where she majored in English History. It is unclear when her father Wib searched his own family history but her mother Lulu had patiently searched her genealogy identifying ancestors that had served in the Revolutionary War, (no small accomplishments in the early 1900's) perhaps sparking Hope's interest in English History. After her graduation in 1937, she began working back in Louisville as a legal secretary for Arthur Deindorfer who found she was very good at her work. Arthur valued her assistance and they became lifelong friends.
On October 14, 1941 in Crestwood, KY she married Edward Groth Jr. a chemical engineer. The young couple moved to Bound Brook, NJ where Edward had procured employment upon his graduation from Yale. They remained in Bound Brook for the next 35 years where they raised their two sons. The family attended the Bound Brook Presbyterian Church. Summer vacations were 2-3 weeks of traveling via vehicle all over the US, oftentimes involved a trip back to Louisville to visit families and friends. Hope would play the piano on occasion to entertain herself and her family. In Bound Brook she enjoyed the church, the choir, the ladies auxiliary at the hospital, playing bridge, and socializing with neighbors.
In 1961 after her children were no longer at home, Sunny returned to her work as a legal secretary. Now she was working for Morris Ruter in Bound Brook. She continued to work for him for the next 15 years until her move to Las Cruces, NM. Edward had retired from Cyanamid and decided he wanted to teach at NMSU.
Sunny was 60 years old when she completed the move to NM with her husband. Here she elected not to seek further employment. Shortly thereafter Edward's stepmother came to live with them in a "mother-in-law" suite. Edward died 6 years later and Sunny resided the next eight years in Las Cruces becoming somewhat of a recluse before her death at age 74. Her ashes were scattered at the sea shore in Nags Head, one of her favorite vacation sites.
Hope hated the name Wilberta and always went by the name Hope or the nickname given to her as a child, Sunny. Her older sister Pauline, died when Pauline was only 10 months old and sixteen years before Hope was born. Hope's father Wib was 45 and her mother Lulu 36 when Hope was born and raised as an only child.
Her father, a successful attorney, moved his family to Louisville when Hope was five. Despite her single child status, Hope was socially adept. Her intellectual ability won her a scholarship to Mt. Holyoke College where she majored in English History. It is unclear when her father Wib searched his own family history but her mother Lulu had patiently searched her genealogy identifying ancestors that had served in the Revolutionary War, (no small accomplishments in the early 1900's) perhaps sparking Hope's interest in English History. After her graduation in 1937, she began working back in Louisville as a legal secretary for Arthur Deindorfer who found she was very good at her work. Arthur valued her assistance and they became lifelong friends.
On October 14, 1941 in Crestwood, KY she married Edward Groth Jr. a chemical engineer. The young couple moved to Bound Brook, NJ where Edward had procured employment upon his graduation from Yale. They remained in Bound Brook for the next 35 years where they raised their two sons. The family attended the Bound Brook Presbyterian Church. Summer vacations were 2-3 weeks of traveling via vehicle all over the US, oftentimes involved a trip back to Louisville to visit families and friends. Hope would play the piano on occasion to entertain herself and her family. In Bound Brook she enjoyed the church, the choir, the ladies auxiliary at the hospital, playing bridge, and socializing with neighbors.
In 1961 after her children were no longer at home, Sunny returned to her work as a legal secretary. Now she was working for Morris Ruter in Bound Brook. She continued to work for him for the next 15 years until her move to Las Cruces, NM. Edward had retired from Cyanamid and decided he wanted to teach at NMSU.
Sunny was 60 years old when she completed the move to NM with her husband. Here she elected not to seek further employment. Shortly thereafter Edward's stepmother came to live with them in a "mother-in-law" suite. Edward died 6 years later and Sunny resided the next eight years in Las Cruces becoming somewhat of a recluse before her death at age 74. Her ashes were scattered at the sea shore in Nags Head, one of her favorite vacation sites.
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