- Date Of Birth: January 1, 1928
- Date Of Death: August 18, 2018
- State: Kentucky
Our beloved Wilma Grote, of Morehead, died on August 18, 2018, at her home. She was the kindest person any of us ever knew. She loved her family and friends wholeheartedly. She was funny, smart, strong, poised and sassy.
Wilma was an Illinois farm girl who grew up knowing how to feed a hungry crowd and mind her younger siblings. She loved to sing hymns and country gospel, and to listen to all good music, especially Nat King Cole.
She was a teacher of gifted elementary-school children, high school social studies, college English, and was an ESL tutor. Earlier on, she substituted in several one-room schoolhouses in Illinois and Kentucky.
She met her future husband, C. Nelson Grote, as a freshman at Eastern Illinois State Teachers College in 1945. They were married in 1949 and enjoyed 69 years of marriage, having an agreement never to go to bed angry with each other. Nelson became president of Morehead State University in 1987 and Wilma was his steadfast partner in many university activities.
