F. Gene Gruber

F. Gene Gruber[1]

Male 1944 - 2021  (77 years)
Person ID: I13078  "Idland"  |  Last Modified: 14 Mar 2024


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  • Name F. Gene Gruber 
    Gender Male 
    Birth 31 Jan 1944  Buffalo, Harding County, South Dakota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 26 Dec 2021  Meadowlakes, Burnet County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
  • Parents

    Family ID: F4316 -:|:-  Group Sheet  -:|:-  Family Chart  
    Father Frank J. Gruber (ID:I13077)
              b. 6 Oct 1908  
              d. 10 May 1989, Bowman County, North Dakota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years) 
    Mother Eveline M. Hareland (ID:I13076)
              b. 19 Mar 1918, Harding County, South Dakota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 5 Oct 2009, Hettinger, Adams County, North Dakota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 91 years) 
    Marriage 25 Jun 1938 
  • Family

    Family ID: F4319   -:|:-   Group Sheet   -:|:-   Family Chart  -:|:-  Last Modified : 14 Mar 2024   
    Wife Gail Griffith (ID:I13079)
              b. Yes, date unknown  
              d. Yes, date unknown 
    Marriage 27 Nov 1971 
    Children 
      1. Living (ID:I13080)
    + 2. Living (ID:I13081)
  • Event Map

    Link to Google MapsBirth - 31 Jan 1944 - Buffalo, Harding County, South Dakota, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 26 Dec 2021 - Meadowlakes, Burnet County, Texas, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Source Citations

    1. [S14] Other Sites, https://www.ndcourts.gov/news/north-dakota/legal-news/obituaries/f-gene-gruber-1944-2021.
      F. Gene Gruber 1944-2021Monday, January 3, 2022


      On December 26, 2021, F Gene Gruber, 77, of Meadowlakes, Texas and Scranton, North Dakota was called to join his late wife Gail in Heavenly Grace. Gene was born to Frank and Eveline Gruber, of Haley, North Dakota on January 31, 1944, in Buffalo, South Dakota.

      Gene was raised on the family farm in the Haley area, attended high school in Bowman and went on to attend the University of North Dakota for his undergraduate degree. While at the University, he pledged the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity and remained a proud member his entire life.

      After graduation, Gene received the same message that many young men in 1966 received. He was drafted into the United States Army but was fortunate enough to spend his entire time stateside where after basic training he taught use of early computer aided artillery targeting systems at Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland.

      After the Army, Gene returned to the University of North Dakota for Law School. While in Law School, he met Gail Griffith, a Grand Forks native who was attending the University of Washington at the time. Gene married Gail on November 27, 1971. In 1974, they moved to the Gruber family farm south of Scranton.

      Gene did double duty while raising his young family as a farmer and rancher while also practicing law as an attorney. Gene was elected to the office of States Attorney for Bowman County from 1977-1980 and later elected to the seat of Judge over Bowman, Slope, Hettinger, and Adams Counties from 1983-1990.

      When the family moved to Texas, Gene practiced law in El Paso for a short time and then opened a law office in Silver City, New Mexico. In addition to practicing law out of his Silver City office, he also served as the Special Master for Grant County until his retirement in 2009. Gene enjoyed retirement. He loved to fish, golf, and hunt. He loved to spend time with his kids, granddaughters and was always on the go. He especially loved to take his grand-dog Duke on rides on his Polaris Ranger. Gene’s family will forever treasure the adventures that Papa would take them on.

      Gene is survived by his children Anne and Kurt, Kurt’s wife Christie, and granddaughters Lauren, Hannah, and Emma, and his grand-dogs Duke and Gryff.

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