Michelle Grote

April 26, 1958 - November 6, 2019

Jimi “Michelle” Goodin Grote, 61, of Bowling Green, passed away at her home on Wednesday, November 6, 2019. A Life Celebration will be held 5:00 pm on Tuesday, November 12, 2019 at the Bibb-Veach Funeral Home in Bowling Green. Visitation will be held from 3:00 pm until time of services. Michelle was born April 26, 1958 to James and Suzanne Branstetter Goodin in Mexico, Missouri. She married Robert “Bob” Herman Grote. He survives. Also surviving are her mother; sons John Alexander and wife Beth of Hannibal, and Andrew Samuel of Nashville, Tennessee; and daughter Alicia Suzanne of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; along with granddaughters Charleigh Jane and Hadleigh Mae Grote. She is also survived by a brother, Mark Anthony Goodin and his wife Margaret of Bowling Green, and a niece, Madison Elizabeth of Nashville, Tennessee, who was more like a daughter, as well as many relatives within the Ansel and Martha Lou Grote family. Michelle graduated from Van-Far High School in 1976. She was very active and a very good student. Michelle was employed at NECC as Superintendent of Recreation in Bowling Green, Missouri. She enjoyed her job, as it was a challenge. She loved being in the water and going to the Lake of the Ozarks, along with reading, Christmas and going to the boat. She was a member of St. Clement Catholic Church. Her mother was her best friend, and she would sacrifice anything for her family. She was a wonderful daughter, mother, grandmother, wife and aunt. Memorials may be made to the donor’s choice.