Robert H. Groover, five-year-old son of Mrs. Ross D. Groover of 306 East Ninth street, is dead of scarlet fever complicated with pneumonia, the third member of this family to succumb to this malady within three weeks. An older brother, Gerald, aged eight years, died on February 12, followed by the death of the father, Ross D. Groover, on February 18. Besides his mother, the boy leaves two brothers, Jack D. and Charles E., all at home.
Source: Flint Journal, March 5, 1918.
Carol Ann Hilton 