- Date Of Birth: March 19, 1911
- Date Of Death: July 16, 1999
- State: Iowa
Delmar Harry “Del” Grosvenor, the son of Edward and Bessie Florence Kelly Grosvenor, was born March 19, 1911 in Colfax, Iowa. He soon demonstrated a love of music, but after piano lessons at age 5, he decided it was easier to play “by ear”. During his teenage years a siege of diphteriaand encephalitis caused his vocal cords to malfunction. They never recovered. Del became known as “Whispering Hope” and discontinued his formal education to play in a band.
Del was united in marriage to Helen E. Jacobs on April 29, 1933 in Des Moines, Iowa. He began farming west of Kellogg, Iowa, along with a job at Maytag and regular “gigs” with fellow musicians. After Judy and Joyce were born, he became a salesman for Occo Feed. In 1959, he made a commitment to follow Jesus, and he witnessed to all, of God’s mercy. another educational pursuit developed, he learned to tune pianos in his “retirement” years. He also refinished and sold pianos, organs and anything else not being used!
Del passed quietly from this life to the Heavenly Kingdom at 4:15 P.M., Friday, July 16, 1999 at his home. He was preceded in death by his parents; a grandson, Tony Ringgenberg; a great-granddaughter, Isabel Carlson; a brother, Paul; and twin sisters in infancy. Those left to honor his memory are his wife, Helen; his two daughters and husband, Judy and Frank Aiello of Vermillion, South Dakota and Joyce and Tom Ringgenberg of Newton, Iowa; his four grandchildren, Tim and wife, Marie Ringgenberg of Fountain Valley, California; Seth and wife, Linda Ringgenberg of Windsor Heights, Iowa; Dominic Grosvenor Aiello of Austin, Texas; and Rose Helen and husband, Steve Carlson of Gallup, New Mexico; his five great-grandchildren, Andrea, Tyler, Adriana, Elena, and Michalea; and his sitters, Bette Cockerhan of Des Moines, Iowa.
