{"id":1032,"date":"2016-03-12T15:10:53","date_gmt":"2016-03-12T20:10:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/?p=1032"},"modified":"2016-05-16T08:17:41","modified_gmt":"2016-05-16T12:17:41","slug":"obituary-notice-michael-gruber","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/?p=1032","title":{"rendered":"Obituary Notice &#8211; Michael Gruber (UPDATED)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/GruberM1-e1457813273719.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1034\" alt=\"GruberM1\" src=\"https:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/GruberM1-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/GruberM2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1035\" alt=\"GruberM2\" src=\"https:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/GruberM2-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>FORESTVILLE:\u00a0 Michael Gruber, 74, of Rt. 39 Forestville, died Friday, March 11th, 2016 at his residence following a 5 year battle with cancer, with his family by his side.\u00a0 He was born in Lackawanna, on May 25, 1941, the son of the late Samuel and Eva (Dzelajialia) Gruber.\u00a0 Mr. Gruber was a graduate of Forestville Central School, Class of 1959 and served in the U.S. Marines as a Cpl.<\/p>\n<p>He started as a Bus Driver for Forestville Central School in 1966 &amp; became Transportation Supervisor in July 1992, retiring in May 2000. \u00a0Previously, he was a part-time truck driver for Gernatt Asphalt for 12 years and worked for the former JN Adam Developmental Center for 13 years as a Safety Officer.\u00a0 He also owned &amp; operated a Dairy Farm for approximately 20 years and M. Gruber &amp; Son Lime Service for 25 years.\u00a0 Mr. Gruber was a member of J. Carter Knapp American Legion Post #953, Forestville and he enjoyed spending time with his family and traveling to Gettysburg.<\/p>\n<p>Devoted husband of Catherine M. (Franklin) Gruber, of Forestville, whom he married May 2, 1964, in the Free Methodist Church, Gowanda, Loving father of Neal (Chris) Gruber, of South Dayton; Christina (Jessie) Perison, of Perrysburg; brother of Steve (Ruth) Gruber, of South Dayton and Cherished Poppie of Megan &amp; Ava Gruber.\u00a0 Also surviving are several nieces &amp; nephews.\u00a0 Besides his parents he was predeceased by 2 sisters Christine Cummings and Patricia Franklin.<\/p>\n<p>There will be no visitation observed.\u00a0 <strong>Memorial Services will be held Saturday afternoon, May 21st, at 2 o&#8217;clock, from J. Carter Knapp American Legion Post, Cedar Street, Forestville.\u00a0<\/strong> Interment will be at the convenience of the family in Perrysburg Cemetery.<\/p>\n<p>The family suggests memorial donations may be made either to the J. Carter Knapp American Legion Post #953, PO Box 492, Forestville, NY 14062 or to HOSPICE Chautauqua County, Inc., 20 West Fairmount Avenue, Lakewood, NY 14750 or to the Charity of One&#8217;s Choice.\u00a0 Arrangements are by Riles &amp; Woolley Funeral Home, Forestville.\u00a0 To post condolences go to www.rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Usflag.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-942\" alt=\"Usflag\" src=\"https:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Usflag.gif\" width=\"102\" height=\"76\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Marine-Corps.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-295\" alt=\"Marine Corps\" src=\"https:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Marine-Corps-150x150.jpg\" width=\"98\" height=\"98\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Marine-Corps-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Marine-Corps.jpg 275w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 98px) 100vw, 98px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FORESTVILLE:\u00a0 Michael Gruber, 74, of Rt. 39 Forestville, died Friday, March 11th, 2016 at his residence following a 5 year battle with cancer, with his family by his side.\u00a0 He&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1032","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-obituary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1032","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1032"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1032\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1088,"href":"https:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1032\/revisions\/1088"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rilesandwoolleyfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}