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On February 16, 2024, our Lord sent His angel to escort Clara Lucille “Lucy” Grout to her heavenly home. She passed peacefully at the Rainy River Long Term Care Home with her daughter, Kathy, by her side.
Lucy was born July 2, 1933 in Kalona, IA to Walther & Esther Speas. She was the oldest of 4 children and the only daughter. She graduated from Kalona High School, and spent the next few years schooling and working in Iowa City, Kalona, and Washington, IA. In June of 1954 she moved to Riverside, California, to live with her Aunt Elsie. Aunt Elsie was very instrumental in introducing Lucy to her future husband, Ronald Grout. (Aunt Elsie said she would have taken him for herself, but he was too young). Ron & Lucy were married August 21, 1955 at the Trinity Lutheran Church, Riverside, CA.
While Ron was going to university and seminary, Lucy worked in the secretarial field. One of her jobs was at the naval base, Treasure Island. Lucy became a pastor’s wife when Ron was ordained at the Trinity Lutheran Church, Riverside, CA on May 27, 1962. Their first parish was in Lundar, MB from 1962 to 1966. In January of 1966, they moved to Fort Frances, ON, where they spent 12 years raising their family and serving the congregations of Zion Lutheran Church, Fort Frances, ON and Trinity Lutheran Church, Bergland, ON. Their next move in January of 1978 was to Prince of Peace Lutheran Church in Winnipeg, MB. With their children mostly raised, Lucy took a job outside the home at the Manitoba/Northwestern Ontario Synod office. In 1985, they moved to Kenora, ON to serve the Betheseda Lutheran congregation. She worked as church secretary there. When Lucy was growing up in Kalona, IA, she always heard of Kenora, ON as “the place” to vacation, and now she was living there! They retired to Morson, ON in 1997 where they became part of the family at Trinity Lutheran Church, Bergland, ON.
Lucy was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother. She was an organizer and a planner. Supper was always ready at a specific time. If anyone needed to know a date or place of an event, past or present, they just had to ask Lucy and she would have the answer.
Lucy always felt very blessed to have been able to do a lot of travelling. In her lifetime, she and Ron visited 5 Canadian provinces, and all but 10 of the US States, the majority of these trips being road trips with the family, pulling a pop-up trailer and camping. Lucy made 8 trips to the Holy Land as a tour host from 1979-1987. Ron accompanied her on the first 3 and the last one. They also made trips to Brighton, England, where they met some of Ron’s family, and to Cameroon, Africa mission trips. Lucy and Ron organized many church youth group trips over the years, some to their cabin on Rainy Lake, others to Lucy’s hometown of Kalona, IA. These were memorable times for many.
When she wasn’t travelling, working, or raising her family, Lucy enjoyed sewing (many of her family’s clothes were made by her), quilting, crocheting and plastic canvas. Game nights were important to her too. A favorite family game was Dutch Blitz. Even though she rarely won, she loved playing.
Lucy is survived by, her children: Greg (Sherree), Ralph (Colleen), Kathy Moen (Rockford), and Ruth Kerner (Alfonso), her grandchildren: Jasmine Grout (Manny), Curtis Grout(Katie), Cory Grout, Ashley Shields (Adam), Anders Moen (Sara), Kristin Moen, Jacquelyn Kerner (Zack), Jessica Ortiz (Emilio), Jennifer Ledford (Thomas), her brothers: Everett Speas (Karen) and Ralph Speas (Janet), and numerous great grandchildren, and nieces and nephews.
She was predeceased by her husband, Ronald Grout, her parents Walter & Esther Speas, her brother Robert Speas, and her daughter-in-law, Penny Mackintosh Grout.
A Celebration of Life will be held March 2, 2024 at the Trinity Lutheran Church, Bergland, ON at 3:00 pm. A luncheon will follow at the Bergland Hall.
As per the family’s wishes, memorial donations may be made to the Trinity Lutheran Church, or to the Rainy River Long Term Care, c/o Northridge Funeral Home, PO Box 89 Emo, ON P0W 1E0
Friday February 16th 2024
Death notice for the town of: Bergland, Province: Ontario
death notice Clara Lucy Lucille Grout Friday February 16th 2024
obituaries notice Clara Lucy Lucille Grout Friday February 16th 2024
We offer our deepest sympathies to the family and friends of Clara Lucy Lucille Grout Friday February 16th 2024 and hope that their memory may be a source of comfort during this difficult time. Your thoughts and kind words are greatly appreciated.
