Joseph C. Groseclose

Joe Groseclose, 62, of Hot Springs, died shortly after midnight on the morning of October 31, 2002 from complications due to leukemia. He was born in Afton, Oklahoma on March 20, 1940. After graduating from Oklahoma State University in 1962 with a degree in mechanical engineering he spent the next 35 years in Arkansas, where he owned and operated several small businesses in the Hot Springs and Little Rock areas. For six years, Joe served as a member of the Arkansas Alcoholic Beverage Control Board, appointed by Governor Frank White in 1981. In 1993, he earned a Master’s Degree in Technical and Expository Writing from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. In addition, over the past 9 years, he was a part-time writing teacher at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. He was an active member and former president of the local Unitarian Universalist Church.. Joe served as a past Chairman of the Board of the Hot Springs Y.M.C.A., and he was instrumental in raising funds for the new building on Werner Street. He died a short distance from that building in St. Joseph’s Mercy Hospital.

He is survived by Fran Groseclose, his wife of 40 years. He is also survived by his son, Tim Groseclose, and his wife, Victoria; his daughter, Susie Rieniets, and her husband, Jim; and his daughter, Angie Freeman, and her husband, Jeff. He also leaves the joys of his life, his grandchildren, Henry Rieniets, 4, Grace Rieniets, 2, Meg Freeman, 19 months, and Jackie Groseclose, 15 months. Survivors also inlcude his mother, Toma Groseclose, and three siblings, Phoebe Spencer and her husband, Gary; Jim Groseclose, and his wife, Arline; and Abigail Schermesser, and her husband, Dick; and his brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Earl and Carole Minter. He is also survived by many cousins, nieces and nephews.

A memorial service will be held at the Gross Funeral Home on Monday, November 4, 2002 at 10:00 a.m.. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that you make a donation to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, the Hot Springs Village Unitarian Church, UALR or the charity of your choice.