Harold E. GRUPE

Birth: 24 Jun 1910, Siloam Springs, AR
Death: 8 Mar 1967, Juneau, Alaska
Burial: 15 Mar 1967, Evergreen Cemetery, Paris TX

Father: Otto Henry GRUPE
Mother: Bessie MONTGOMERY

Family 1: Lois C. WILLIAMS

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 _Otto Henry GRUPE __|
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|--Harold E. GRUPE 
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|                                                                           _John Harper MONTGOMERY _
|                                             _John Nelson MONTGOMERY _____|_Melinda PLATT __________
|                     _Allan Lee MONTGOMERY _|
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|_Bessie MONTGOMERY _|
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                     |_Cora Belle STEWART ___|
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From THE PARIS NEWS, 8 Mar 1967: "The funeral of Dr. Harold E. Grupe, 56, periodontist of Portland, Ore., formerly of Paris, w ho died in a fishing boat accident off the coast of Alaska, 8 Mar, will be held here Wednesda y at 10 a.m. in Fry and Gibbs chapel, the body arriving in Paris late Sunday. The Rev. Clayt on G. Forthman of First Presbyterian Church will officiate. Interment to be made in Evergree n Cemetery. Dr. Grupe, son of Mrs. O.H. Grupe and the late Mr. Grupe here, was born in Siloa m Springs, Ark., 29 Jun 1910, the family moving to Paris when he was seven years old. Gradua ting from Paris High School in 1926, he took pre-dental work at Paris Junior College, graduat ing from Baylor University Dental College in 1931. He was a member there of Delta Sigma Delt a Fraternity and belonged to various dental societies, being a diplomat of the American Boar d of Periodontology and fellow of the American College of Dentistry. He gave scientific pres entations at dental congresses in Rome, Paris, France ans Spaind, also the Armed Forces Denta l Conference, and another in Los Angleles, between 1956 and 1967. He practiced in Sudan an d Amarillo (TX) before entering the armed forces in 1952 as a Lieutenant Colonel, serving a s Periodontologist at Camp Chaffee, Ark., Kaiserslauten, Germany, and Ft. Dix, NJ. He joine d the faculty of the University of Oregon Dental School in 1959, and became the Head of the D epartment of Periodontology the following year. His death occurred while on a fishing trip d uring a dental convention he was attending in Junneau, Alaska. Besides his mother, Dr. Grup e leaves his wife, the former Lois Williams of Dalhart; two children: Dr. Harold E. Grupe, J r., Rochester, NY, and Mrs Bernhard Steber, Aachan, Germany; six grandchildren, and a sister , Mrs. John B. McCormick, Prairie Village, KS." *On the same stone with Lois C. Grupe. In the 1927 annual / yearbook of Paris High School, Harold is listed as being in the Pep Club , Orchestra, Spanish Club (vice-president), Latin Club, Curtain Club, and he was Assistant Ed itor of Hi-Hoots. He seemed to be an active student.


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