Saturday, 2 June 2018

Fred & Ruby Grisback Clan

courtesy of Elana Bazanova
The mom & dad of this clan are 2 Minnesotans turned Californians.  They are Frederick August Grisback and Ruby Mae Worden, both born in Minnesota, had their kids in South Dakota, then uprooted and relocated to California.  

Ruby was the daughter of Lodwick Morgan Worden & Nellie Bly Baker; he was the son of Karl Charles Grisbach & Albertine Grewing.

Together they had 13 children - Roy, Edith, Nellie, Anna, Iona, Violet, Florence, Raymond, Herbert, Laura, Claire, Lavonne & Lucille.



Long Beach Independent, 11 Dec 1953
GRISBACK - Mrs Ruby Mae Grisback, 67, of 1079 American Ave, died Wednesday at home.  A native of Lake Benton, Minn, she came here 12 years ago.  Surviving are her husband, Fred A Grisback; nine daughters, Mrs Anna Early, Mrs Edith McKown, Mrs Lucille Peck, Mrs Violet Larson, Mrs LaVonne Budge, all of Long Beach; Mrs Florence Dennis, Mrs Laura Corneal, Mrs Iona Perry and Mrs Nellie Seeger; sons, Claire and Herbert Grisback of Long Beach, and Raymond; sisters, Mrs Pearl Anderson, Mrs Lulu Westover, Mrs Winnie Amsden; brothers, Victor, and Henry Warden.  Service will be Tuesday at 2 pm in Mottell's Mortuary Chapel with interment in Sunnyside Memorial Park.

Independent Press-Telegram, 10 Jan 1954
GRISBACK - Fred A Grisback, 74, of 1079 American Ave, died Thursday.  He was a native of Winona, Minn and came to Long Beach 12 years ago.  Surviving are nine daughters, Mrs Anna Early of Lomita, Mrs Edith McKown, Mrs Lucille Peck, Mrs Violet Larson and Mrs LaVonne Budge, all of Long Beach; Mrs Florence Dennis, Mrs Laura Carneal, Mrs Iona Perry and Mrs Nellie Seeger; three sons, Claire and Herbert, both of Long Beach and Raymond of Waterford; two sisters, Mrs Ciara Bernett and Mrs Lizzie Liestikow.  Service will be at 2 pm Tuesday in Mottell's Chapel.  Interment will be in Sunnyside Memorial Park. Frederick was also known as Fred A Grisbach.
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Violet Selma Grisach married Oscar George Larson (I merged the pics from Find A Grave so the size is off)
courtesy of Barb D - Find A Grave
 Unknown Paper
Oscar G Larson, 67, formerly of Menomonie, died suddenly, Nov 9, at Long Beach, Calif. Dildag Family Chapel was in charge of services held Nov 13 at 2:30 pm with the Rev Edward H Schroeder, officiating. Interment was in Sunnyside Memorial Gardens.  He was born Jan 22, 1905, in Menomonie, and spent much of his life there. The last 20 years he lived in Long Beach, Calif, and was employed by the Long Beach Naval shipyards for 18 years, after which he retired due to illness.  He married Violet Grisback in 1938, and to them two daughters were born who also survive, they are, Mrs Albert (Ruby) Corbin and Mrs Frank (Caroline) Powers, both of Long Beach, Calif. Six grandchildren also survive.  Other survivors include two sisters, Mrs Luella Cale and Mrs Mabel Hoehn, Menomonie; three brothers, William M. Larson and Clarence Larson both of Menomonie; and Louis P Larson, Mooresville, N.C. 

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Herbert married Lois Maude Travis and had 4 children, losing one in a car accident

Long Beach Independent, 23 Nov 1955
GRISBACK - Herbert Ludwick Grisback, 33, of 1083 Ohio Ave, died Saturday.  He was born in Bookings, SD and came to Long Beach 20 years ago.  He was a derrick man for an oil company.  Survivors include his wife, Mrs Lois Brisback, Pismo Beach; two daughters, Sandra and Linda; a son, David; two brothers, Claire of Long Beach and Raymond; eight sisters, Mrs Lavonne Mckown, Mrs Lucille Peck and Mrs Violet Larson, all of Long Beach, Mrs Anna Early of Lomtia, Mrs Nellie Seeger, Mrs Iona Perry, Mrs Florence Denny and Mrs Laura Buckholz.  Funeral service will be at 11 am Friday at Mottell's & Peek Chapel, and interment will be in Sunnyside Memorial Park.


The Daily Review, Sat, 18 Apr 1964
[Three] Killed
San Luis Obispo (AP) - Three men were killed and a fourth injured in a pre-dawn head-on collision of cars today three miles south of San Luis Obispo on US 101.  The Highway Patrol said the dead were: Bill Bowden, 17, and David Wayne Grisback, 17, San Luis Obispo, and Roy Eugene Blake, 23, of Grover City.  Bowden was listed as driver of the northbound car with Blake and Lazaro Estrada, 17, of San Luis Obispo, as passengers.

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Roy Cuthbert Grisbach married a girl named Wilma Mae but I couldn't find any more information about her.

Long Beach Independent, 26 Oct 1949
GRISBACH - Roy Cuthbert, of 4592 Merton Ave, Cypress.  Survived by wife, Mrs Wilma Grisbach; parents, Mrs and Mrs Frederick Grisbach; sisters Mrs Anna Earley, Mrs Edith McKown, Mrs Nellie Seeger, Mrs Frank Perry, Mrs Oscar Larson, Mrs Ernest Corneal, Mrs Robert Budge, Mrs Florence Dennis and Miss Lucille Grisbach; brothers, Herbert, Raymond and Clare Grisbach.  Services Friday, 2 pm at Mottell's Chapel, Third St at Alamitos Ave, with Rev William D Howard Officiating


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