News - Berwick - 04th June 2015

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Maramba Primary School principal Andrew Groh was farewelled by hundreds.

Andrew Groh, loved by so many, was carried from the Berwick Church of Christ at his funeral on Friday. 139711 Picture: ROB CAREW

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Moving tributes By LACHLAN MOORHEAD AS THE young primary schoolgirl wept inside the church, her mother placed a comforting hand on her shoulder. Her tears fell onto her school uniform, dampening the green Maramba Primary Tshirt worn by so many of the young children who attended their principal’s funeral on Friday.

his love of teaching, also offered her own touching tribute to the man who was loved by so many. Andrew Patrick Groh was born on 17 March 1955, in Rose Park, Adelaide, and at four months old was adopted by Stefan and Cecilia Groh, immigrants from war-torn Hungary and Germany desperate to start a family in their new home. Continued on page 12

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The church was packed, with many forced to stand on the sides and at the back of the room, despite the cavernous space. Andrew’s wife, Alison, and daughter, Tahlia, delivered moving tributes to their husband and father, while his sons Jordan and Lachlan read their dad’s eulogy. Maramba assistant principal Sue Peterken, a close friend of Andrew’s who shared

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From the screens set up inside the Berwick Church of Christ, and amid the lilting tones of Van Morrison, the late Andrew Groh’s smiling face looked down upon the hundreds of people who had gathered to pay respects to Narre Warren’s Maramba Primary School principal, who passed away from cancer on 23 May. He was 60 years old.


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