EASTER 1966 - Marian and Ben Groninger at their home in Old Port on Easter 1966. (Photo submitted by Randy Groninger)
Contributed by rkohler3 on 2/24/17 - Image Year: 1966
Marian VanOrmer was a daughter of Homer E. and Rosa VanOrmer. Marian was born in 1907 and died in 1982. She married Benjamin E. Groninger and they had two sons, Benjamin "Benny" and William "Bill".
Marian and Ethel Bergstresser owned and operated the Mariette Shoppe in Port Royal for several decades.
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MARIAN AND FAMILY At the VanOrmer home in Crossroads. (Pictured left to right): Mertha (Marian's older sister, about age 15), Rosa (mother), Marian (about 13), and Homer (father). Marian's son Ben had a note on the photo that the "car is maybe his grandfather's first red convertible." (Photo courtesy of Marian's grandson, Randy Groninger)
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MARIAN in her teens. (Photo courtesy of Randy Groninger)
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MARIAN GRONINGER and HARRY VANORMER Marian and Harry are siblings. (Photo submitted by Randy Groninger)
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GRONINGER WEDDING: Benny and Shirley's wedding on June 7, 1952. (Pictured l-r): Edith Lequea (Shirley's mother), Shirley, Benny, Bill (Benny's Brother), Marian, and Ben Groninger, (Benny's Parents)(Photo submitted by Randy Groninger)
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MARIAN GRONINGER in front of her Old Port house. Her husband Ben is working on the door behind her. (Photo courtesy of Rabdy Groninger)
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GRONINGERS: Son Benny, daughter-in-law Shirley, granddaughter Lisa with Ben and Marian in back of their Old Port home.
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SIDEWALK SALE: Marian Groninger (r) and Dorothy Fettig Towsey (l) in front of the Mariette Shoppe during the Sesqui-Centennial celebration in 1962. (Photo submitted by Randy Groninger)
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Ben and Marian Groninger with grandkids Randy and Lisa at the Mariette Shoppe during the Sesquicentennial Parade in 1962.
Contributed by ranjude on 2/22/17 - Image Year: 1963
VANORMER SISTERS & FAMILIES ...the Lauvers, Blaces, and Groningers. (Photo submitted by Randy Groninger)
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Marian (navy blue sweater) and sister Faye (handbag), with Peggy Ann Bradnick (Shade Gap kidnapping victim on folding chair) (now Peggy Ann Jackson) and Peggy's sisters Mary and Carol. (Photo from Ben Groninger's album and submitted by his grandson Randy Groninger)
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Reba Koons and Marian Groninger on Crow's Ferry in October 1970. (Photo courtesy of Randy Groninger)
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50TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY: Ben and Marian's 50th wedding anniversary at the Lions Club in Port Royal in 1980.
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MARIAN'S MOTHER AND GRANDDAUGHTER Rosa (Dimm) VanOrmer with great granddaughter Patti, daughter of Benny and Shirley Groninger. (Photo courtesy of Randy Groninger)
