Joseph “Joe” Gronniger, 80, passed away, Saturday, May 9, 2020 at his home in Troy, Kansas.

Joe was born on January 2, 1940 in Denton, Kansas to August and Eugenie (Davignon) Gronniger, Sr.  He lived most of his life in Troy moving there in 1944.  Joe graduated from St. Benedict’s College in Atchison, Kansas with a degree in chemistry.  He served in the U.S. Army and attended the Defense Language Institute, during his military service he was a Russian Translator.  Joe retired from Altec in St. Joseph, Missouri     

He was a member of the St. Charles Catholic Church in Troy.

He was preceded in death by his parents and an infant brother, Henry Paul.

Survivors: siblings;  Olga Gronniger of Troy

                                Eugenie Ricklefs of Excelsior Springs, Missouri

                               August Peter Gronniger Jr. of Troy

                               Theodore “Tim” Gronniger of Troy

                               Susan Bandelier of Troy

                                Richard Gronniger of St. Joseph, Missouri

                             Mary Johnson of Troy

                numerous nieces and nephews, great-nieces and great nephews, cousins

 Private family Rosary and mass will be Thursday, May 14, 2020 

   At:  St. Charles Catholic Church in Troy

   Burial:  St. CharlesCatholic Cemetery in Troy where there will  be a flag-folding ceremony under the auspice of the U.S. Army.

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