Victoria Marie Groth's Obituary
Victoria Marie Groth, 99, of Fredericksburg, Virginia passed away, Wednesday, May 12, 2010 at Carriage Hill Health and Rehabilitation Center.
She was born November 30, 1910 to August and Marie Wennerstrom in Portland, Oregon. After receiving her teaching certificate from Oregon’s Normal School, now Western Oregon University, Victoria initially taught children in a one-room rural school, followed by a long career as a children’s librarian with the Portland Public Library system. She married Carl Groth in 1932. She later received her baccalaureate degree in English literature from Washington State University while her husband was there on the staff and faculty.
Victoria is survived by her son, Carl Groth Jr., of Fredericksburg, Virginia, grandchildren Carl Groth III of Ridgefield, Connecticut, and Amy Marie Weber of Conifer, Colorado, and great grandchildren Levi and Allegra Groth.
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