Thomas J. Groff

Thomas James Groff was born February 13, 1956, to James M. and Shirley L. Oleson Groff in Albert Lea. He moved with his family to Austin in 1959 and graduated from Austin High School in 1976. Tom attended Austin Vo-Tech and studied auto mechanics. On May 28, 1991, he was united in marriage to Cindy L. Raisbeck in Albert Lea. The couple moved to Conger in 1994. Tom was employed at Farmstead until the plant closed. He loved fishing, stock car racing & NASCAR, and music. Tom was a member of St. Olaf Lutheran Church in Austin. Survivors include his wife, Cindy of Conger; his mother, Shirley Groff of Austin; sister, Janet John Westendorf of Austin; mother-in-law, Jeanette Raisbeck of Beloit, WI; nephews, Jeffrey Westendorf, James Westendorf, Scott Shelly Freemyer, Matthew Brenda Raisbeck, and Kevin Olson; nieces: Michelle Freemyer, Beth Ann Leavitt, and Jennifer Leavitt; brothers-in-law, Wayne Freemyer and Larry Raisbeck; sisters-in-law, Marge Mike Leavitt, Carol Raisbeck, and Chris Olson; and other nieces and nephews. Tom was preceded in death by his father, James; father-in-law, Charles Raisbeck; sister-in-law, Connie Freemyer; and a niece in infancy.