Obituaries 5 August 2012

Colonel Wayne Grooms (ret.)

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Colonel Wayne Grooms (Retired), 90 years of Winchester, passed away Thursday, Aug. 2, 2012 at The Weils of Bainbridge in Chagrin Falls, Ohio.

He was born in Seaman on Jan. 10, 1922 the son of the late Harry and Lucia (Glasgow) Grooms.

Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by two brothers and one sister.

He was a retired Career Officer for the U.S. Air Force and a member of the F&AM, OES, Scottish Rite, and an owner and operator of Winchester Auto Parts store.

He is survived by his wife, Marib (Simmons) Grooms formerly of Winchester; one son and daughter-in-law, Michael and Kitty Grooms of Seaman; two daughters and sons-in-law, Pat and Matt Storey of McKinney, Texas and Paula and Bill Kvoriak of Cleveland; five grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

Services will be held on Tuesday, Aug. 7 at 11 a.m. at the Wallace-Thompson Funeral Home, Lewis-Sullivan Chapel in Seaman with the Rev. John Waugh officiating. Burial will follow in Locust Grove Cemetery with a military graveside service by the Wright Patterson Honor Guard.
Visitation will be held on Tuesday from 9:30-10:30 a.m. with Masonic and Scottish Rite services at 10:30 a.m. at the Wallace-Thompson Funeral Home, Lewis-Sullivan Chapel in Seaman.

Memorials may be made to Masonic Home in Cincinnati.

For more information, go to www.thompsonfuneralhomes.com.

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