Scottsbluff Star Herald Scottsbluff, NE 22 Aug 2007 Anna Groskopf Ashmore, 86 of Gering, died Monday, Aug. 20, 2007, at Regional West Medical Center with her family by her side. Funeral Services will be held at 10 a.m., Thursday, Aug. 23, at the Rejoice Lutheran Church with Reverend Helmut Yurk officiating. Burial will be at the Fairview Cemetery in Scottsbluff. Visitation will be Wednesday Aug. 22, from 1to 7 p.m. at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to the Panhandle Humane Society. Jolliffe Funeral Home is assisting the family with arrangements. Anna was born June 15, 1921, near Bayard to Frank and Eva (Knaub) Marsh. She Married Victor Groskopf Jan. 14, 1945, in Gering. When Anna lost her husband Victor in 1971 she obtained her CNA (Certified Nursing Assistant) from Nebraska Western College in May 1974. She always wanted to be a nurse and loved science. Anna worked at Heritage and Beverly Enterprises, and trained many new nursing students. Later she privately sat for various families' parents. She loved her job and the people she cared for. She was able to speak German and cared for many German immigrants. Anna was always able get some of the patients to cooperate with her gentle and kind ways. She retired in 1997. She loved her children and enjoyed spending time with and cooking for them. Anna also loved flowers, especially the roses grown by her daughter, even though her daughter did not inherit her green thumb. Her son Steve did acquire the green thumb as he does farm in Colorado. The children also teased their mother about whom she liked best, Steve or Vickie. Vickie believed that her mother liked her best. However, Steve says "that's not true," but he didn't get to write the obituary. So he guesses it was Vickie after all. She loved dogs; especially her dog Tisha and her daughter's dog Molly Ann. Ann could never understand how or why anyone could mistreat any animal, as they needed love, too. Another love of Anna was music. She could play the piano and the accordion by listening to a song and recreating it. Her favorite color was blue sapphire. Survivors include her daughter, Vickie and husband Thomas Groskopf-Jones of Gering, son Steven and wife Cynthia Groskopf of Olathe, Colo. and sisters, Molly Specht of Hemingford and Lydia Specht of Greeley, Colo. Her parents, husband and two brothers preceded her in death.