GEORGETOWN - Elizabeth G. Gruber passed away peacefully on Tuesday, Apr. 11, 2017, at Harrison Senior Living, in Georgetown.
She was born in Reading, Pa., daughter of the late Percy P. and Helen (Gehret) Sands.
Mrs. Gruber served in the U.S. Navy Waves, from 1943 – 1945, and received an honorable discharge, with the rank of Yeoman Second Class. She was a member of American Legion, Post #28, in Millsboro, and Charter Member, of the Women's War Memorial, in Washington, DC. She was a homemaker, and enjoyed the time she spent at the Cape Henlopen Senior Center, in Rehoboth, as well as the Cheer Center, in Georgetown. A longtime resident of Rehoboth Beach, before moving to Georgetown. She loved to craft with the items found on the beach, such as seashells, and driftwood, and worked as crafts person and designer, for The Sea Shell Shops, of Rehoboth, for many years.
In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her husband, James Henry Gruber; three sisters, and brothers-in-law, Marian I. Miller and her husband, Howard; Lucy Guenveur and her husband Penn, and Gayle Seelig and her husband Arthur.
She is survived by a daughter, Diane Gruber, of Georgetown; and a son, James Powell Gruber, of Leesport, Pa.; three grandchildren, Dawn Fretz, Christopher Gruber, and Nick Psaroudakis; as well as three great-grandchildren, Paige Psaroudakis, Brendon Murray, and Aidan Fretz; Her extended family encompassed an additional 4 step great-grandchildren; and two step great-great grandchildren.
A memorial service will be held Thursday, Apr. 27, 2017, at Noon, in the chapel of Short Funeral Services, 609 E. Market St., Georgetown, with visitation after 11 a.m.
Inurnment with military honors will immediately follow, at the Delaware Veterans Memorial Cemetery, in Millsboro.