Evelyn Joy (Brown) Groom, 95, Grant City, Missouri, passed to her heavenly home on Saturday, March 28, 2026 at the Worth County Convalescent Center, in Grant City.
She was born on August 19, 1930 in a farm house three miles north of Allendale, Missouri. She was the Dale (Thrasher) Brown and Wesley Weldon Brown.
Evelyn helped her mother take of her younger siblings, the house work, gardening, cooking and sewing.
After graduating from high school in May of 1948 as the class Valedictorian, she prepared for her career in teaching. Evelyn took a test at the County Superintendent’s office then attended eight weeks of summer school at Northwest Missouri State University.
Her first teaching assignment was a one room country school at Center East near Allendale, Missouri. This included a salary of $125 per month. Evelyn went on to teach elementary school in Worth County school system for 41 ½ years retiring in May of 1992.
Her survivors include her children, son Michael Kevin (Kay Manthe) Groom, Galesburg, Illinois, and daughter Lisa Michelle Perry, Grant City, Missouri, Sisters, Elva Jewell Marcum, Loveland, New Mexico, Betty Kay Smith, Allendale, Missouri, Marilyn Dale (Dan) Maudlin, West Burlington, Iowa, Madelyn Dean Brooke, Raytown, Missouri, Rhonda Sue Moore, Belton, Missouri, Grandchildren Brandon Taylor Groom, St. James, Missouri, Cassandra Monae` (Rafael) Geronimo, Ames, iowa, nieces and nephews. Evelyn also had a host of other friends and former students of which she loved to reminisce of days gone by.
Preceding her in death were her husband Raymond Eugene Groom, age 53 (Jan. 21, 1975), mother Dale (Thrasher) Brown, father Wesley Weldon Brown, son-in-law David Perry, age 65 (Jan. 13, 2023), brother Donald Wesley Brown and a sister Ellen Jean Rinehart.
Funeral services will be held at 11 AM, Thursday, April 2, 2026 at the Hann Funeral Home, Grant City, Missouri, where family visitation will be held from 9:00-10:30 AM prior to the services.
Burial will be in the Kirk Cemetery, Allendale, Missouri.
Memorial: Mission Possible Food Pantry, Grant City, Missouri
Arrangements: Hann Funeral Home, Grant City
