1940 WA CENSUS - Stanley Groome [sic] (11y, b Washington) enumerated with parents Warren (38y, b Washington, occupation grain eelevator man) and Mary (28y, b Washington), 2 siblings, George (8y, b Washington) and Sheliah (1y, b Washington) and Albert Cole [brother-in-law of Warren] (34y, b Washington, occupation farm hand); family was living in same house in 1935

Marriage of Parents (?) - Warren E. Groom (of Spokane Co, Washington) & Mary E. Hitchcock (of Whitman Co, Washington) md 7 Feb 1931 at Spokane, Spokane Co, Washington

NOTE - Warren Groom appears in 1930 census of Washington as single. Since Mary's maiden name was Cole, this suggests Stanley may have been her son by a previous marriage and took his step-father's name in later life.

OSBH DC (Marion County 1998) #98-17540 - name of spouse, Gloria

Stanley K. Groom, Oct 1, 1928-Aug 16, 1998

Stanley Groom, 69, of Salem, died Sunday of emphysema. Born in Spokane, Wash, he married Gloria Wallace in 1952. They have lived in Salem since 1955. He worked for Marion County and was a member of Immanuel Lutheran Church, the Outsiders Camping Club and the Better Breathers Club. Survivors include his wife, Gloria; daughters, Barbara Groom of Keizer and Melinda Wilson of Jefferson; sons, Byron of Bend, and Warren, Stanley, Bill, Mike, Gary, and Joe, all of Salem; brother, George of Inverness, Fla; sister, Sheila Van Ornam of Renton, Wash; three half-brothers and twl half-sisters from California; 15 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Visiting will be 4 pm to 8 pm Tusday, and services will be 1 pm Wednesday, both at Virgil T. Golden Chapel in Salem. Interment will be at Spring Valley Cemetery, Salem. Contributions: Immanuel Lutheran Church Building Fund, 510 Idlewood Dr SE, Salem, Oregon 97302.

Statesman Journal, Tuesday, August 18, 1998, 5C 

Groom
Stanley K.
Oct. 1, 1928
Aug. 16, 1998
[shares marker with Gloria]

Saucy Survey & Photographs
ODI

1940 WA CENSUS (Whitman Co, Oakesdale, ED 38-84, sheet 1A)

Washington Digital Archives

SJ 18 Aug 1998, 5C