Obituary: Lynn Seiler Grubb

Lynn Seiler Grubb

Lynn Seiler Grubb

Lynn Seiler Grubb, a true gentleman and a wonderful baritone has gone on to a new gig with his Father in Heaven.

Lynn Seiler Grubb was born to Lester Lewis Grubb and Lena Marie Grubb on Jan. 10, 1939, in Akron, Ohio.

He graduated from Stowe High School, Stowe, Ohio continuing his education at Case Institute of Technology in Cleveland, Ohio. Lynn graduated from Case Institute in 1961 with a degree in Mechanical Engineering.

Over the next 50 years, he worked at Lewis Research Center, in Air & Space Engineering on the Apollo Space Program, leaving this work to join IBM to work in Computer Time Sharing. Over the years his division was incorporated into Control Data Corporation, Service Bureau Corporation, CERIDIAN Company and finally General Dynamics, where he jokingly said "I turned out the lights as I left to retire."

He is survived by his wife and best friend Karen Devine of 50 plus years; sons, Jason Lynn and wife Christina, Benjamin Scott and wife Jacqueline; and daughter Alicia Anne Grubb. He was blessed to have four grandchildren, Nicholas Seiler, Emily Elizabeth, Sam Ryan and Lyla. He is also survived by his sister Vera Grubb Hurd of Cincinnati; and nieces and nephews. And let us not forget Blackie the Cat, his faithful companion.

Lynn was active in the Barbershop Chorus, High Mountain Chordsmen, Prescott, Arizona. In the past several years, he worked diligently to bring barbershop to Young Men in the northern Arizona area through the Real Men Sing Program.

Lynn also volunteered at the Prescott Lakes Community on the finance board, and was helping with erosion conservation in the Prescott Lakes Area.

Lynn was a true gentlemen in the real sense of the word. He was a proud member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity at Case Institute and remained in contact with many of his fraternity brothers through the 58 plus years that followed graduation. He considered them part of his family, and they truly were.

Lynn was a member of the Sons of the American Revolution. Due to his love of genealogy, he and several cousins had traced their family back to Delaware/Pennsylvania area where Jehu Grubb, the unacknowledged son of Curtis Grubb who emigrated from Cornwall, England to the Delaware shores. Curtis served in the Revolutionary War and Jehu was a Patriot in the war of 1812, Lynn remained an active member of the Prescott Arizona Chapter.

Lynn was a very social person who loved people, and thrived in any group. He was a hard worker working diligently to perfect in any way everything he started. He will be truly missed by all his family, friends and those who just passed through his life. He truly cherished all he met and shared his life with.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10 a.m. on Aug. 28, 2015 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 150 Fleury St., Prescott, Arizona. A reception will be from noon to 2:30 p.m. at the Club of Prescott Lakes.

In lieu of flowers and in Memory of Lynn, donations can be made to the Lynn Seiler Grubb Memorial for Youth in Barbershop on Youcaring.com, or if you would prefer you may send a check. Please Make Check out to Lynn S Grubb and mail to Nicholas S. Grubb, 5701 Chapman Mill Road # 300, Bethesda, MD 20852.

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