Harvey Louis Grohs

Harvey Louis GROHS Age 83, a long time resident of Des Moines, WA passed away on December 17, 2006. Harvey was born in Portland, OR where he served on the Portland police department and rescue diver for 10 years. Then Harvey moved his family to Seattle, WA in 1957 to open his own business, Harvey's Skin Diving Suits, Inc. This was a life long dream to open his own dive store. He started making his own dive suits for customers and by 1966 was selling suites around the world. Today Harvey's suits are well known world wide as one of the best. Harvey loved to travel to other countries with his wife and kids to find new business and for all his hard work he received the President E Award for exporting. Harvey moved his family to Des Moines in 1968 where he built his family home and lived there until his death. Harvey retired in 1986 but keep busy with the Seattle Seafair Commodores, raising exotic birds, working with wood in his woodshop, gardening and just being at home with his loving wife for the last 60 years. Preceded in death by his wife, Wilma in June, 2006. He is survived by his son, Larry (Martie) of Des Moines; daughter, Riva Bjorklund (Duane) of Federal Way; sister, Gladys White of Portland, OR and grandchildren, Nina, Kristina, Matt & Greg Grohs. Visitation will be on Wed., 12/27/06 from 4:00 - 7:00 p.m., Funeral Services will be held on Thurs., 12/28/06 at 1:00 p.m., both at Yahn and Son Funeral Home in Auburn, followed by Burial at Mt. View Cemetery. Please sign the family's online guest book at www.yahnandson.com.