Nearby the Grotelueschen home place is the Evangelical Lutheran Church,
where many relatives were members and received spiritual renewal and Christian
fellowship. In the church office are the records of births, baptisms, marriages, and
deaths of the Grotelueschen ancestors. The churches kept these records long be-
fore the state did. In the
beautiful cemetery around
the church you can see many
familiar names on the tomb-
stones. Flowers bloom pro-
fusely in the cemetery and in
gardens and parks in the
Oldenburg area because the
climate is not so hot and the
rainfall is plentiful.
Cousins from America
have visited the homeland
and birthplace of their ances-
tors. They have visited Willi
and Renate in their home (as
well as other relatives) and
found them to be gracious
and friendly. The Grote-
lueschens in America have
been spared some of the
hardships suffered by those
in Germany. As this is being
written during the Thanksgiv-
ing holiday, 1985, may all the
Grotelueschens in America
and Germany be grateful for
God’s richest blessings that
He has bestowed on all gen-
erations. What a great reun-
ion there will be in heaven
someday when all those gen-
erations will join in singing
the words from Handel’s
Messiah, “Worthy is the Lamb
that was slain and has re-
deemed us to God by His
blood. Blessing and honor,
glory and power be unto Him
that sitteth upon the throne,
and unto the Lamb, forever
and ever.” Rev. 5:12,13
written by Edna Grotelueschen, daughter of Emil Grotelueschen. Edna visited
relatives in the Oldenburg area in 1960.
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Grossenknetten, Oldenburg, Germany
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