ng a lengthy illness. He was 74. Survivors include his wife, Pat, Algona, Iowa; son, Paul R. Gronbach and wife, Liz, Algona, Iowa; daughters, Pam Haag and husband, Jim, West Bend, Iowa, Janine Hawthorne and husband, Mike, Pocahontas, Iowa, Julie Patterson and husband, Nolan, Stratford, Iowa and Angie Gronbach, Algona, Iowa. Also surviving are grandchildren, Amber and husband Mike Reiter, Allison and Alex Gronbach, Luke and Amanda Haag and Isaac and Heath Patterson; great grandchildren, Mason and Henry Reiter. Bob is also survived by his brother, Marvin Gronbach and wife, Bernice and his sister Dolores Wittmeier, all of Humboldt, Iowa. Bob was preceded in death by his parents. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Hospice of the Heartland--Kossuth County.