Tragedy Comes For Former Inyoites

Funeral services for Mrs. Jennie Shirley Grob, wife of Fred Grob of Fallon, who was 
accidentally electrocuted at her home in that city Thanksgiving night, will be held 
Sunday morning at 11 o'clock at Fallon, under direction of the Eastern Star.  The 
interment will be in the family plot in Mountain View cemetery at Reno Sunday 
afternoon.

Mrs. Grob was killed when an electric heater fell from a shelf into the tub of water 
in which she was bathing.  Members of the family heard her cry and rushed into the 
bathroom.  She was dead when they reached her, and death is believed to have been 
instantaneous.

A member of a pioneer Nevada family, Mrs. Grob was widely known throughout western 
Nevada.  She was prominent in social life of Fallon and active in the Order of the 
Eastern Star.  She was past matron of Adah chapter of Reno and was identified with 
grand chapter affairs.  She was a member of the Women's Relief Corps.

Mrs. Grob, who was a sister of postmaster A. A. Shirley of Bishop, spent part of 
her girlhood here.  Here parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Shirley, and family came here 
from Nevada about 45 years ago.  The deceased began a teaching career, serving in 
different Inyo school, and was married here to Fred Grob, whose business in later 
years has been contracting.  She was a woman of the highest character, and news of 
her death came as a shock to many old-time friends in whose memories she is still 
held as honored place.

The Inyo Register
Bishop, Inyo County, California
Thursday, December 3, 1931 - Page 1

Transcribed by Pat Houser for Inyo County GenWeb, August 5, 2004