Mary Elizabeth “Zibbie” Grove, 97, formerly of Fort Scott, passed away early Wednesday morning, December 28, 2022, at Kingswood Manor, Kansas City, Missouri. She was born September 28, 1925, in Fort Scott, Kansas, the daughter of Benjamin Hezekiah Coe, Sr., and Katherine Lucille (Bittner) Coe. She married Charles Allen Grove, Jr. on February 14, 1950, in Fort Scott, and he preceded her in death on June 27, 2000.
Zibbie is survived by her children, Nancy Tweedy and husband Dan of Kansas City, Missouri, Lindsay Grove, of Savannah, Georgia, and Charles Brian Grove, of Arlington, Virginia; seven grandchildren, and fifteen great-grandchildren. In addition to her husband, Charles, she was also preceded in death by her parents, and two brothers, Robert E. Coe, and Benjamin H. Coe, Jr.
Father Yancey Burgess will celebrate the Funeral Mass at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, January 18, 2023, with burial following at the Fort Scott National Cemetery, under the direction of the Konantz-Cheney Funeral Home. The Rosary will be recited at 7:00 p.m. Tuesday evening, January 17, 2023, at the Funeral Home. Memorial contributions may be made to St. Mary’s Catholic School, Mary Queen of Angels Building Fund, or Kansas City Hospice, and may be left in the care of the Konantz-Cheney Funeral Home, 15 W. Wall Street, P.O. Box 309, Fort Scott, Kansas, 66701. Condolences may be submitted to the online guestbook at konantz-cheney.com.
