Grethel E. Groves nee Littlejohn 98 of St. Petersburg passed away Saturday, December 30, 2017 at home with her family at her side. A member of 14th Avenue Church of Christ, she was a graduate of St. Petersburg High School Class of 1937. She is the loving mother of Karen B. Kennedy, Dianne E. Stultz and Linda J. Groves; devoted grandmother of Denise Stultz McEvoy and Lori Lynn Buell; great grandmother of Sean Michael McEvoy and Kelly Nicole McEvoy Bull. Grethel was preceded in death by her son, Larry Groves and also her grandson, Joel Leonard Stultz. The family will receive friends at the 14th Ave. Church of Christ Wednesday, January 3 from 1:30 P.M. Until time of service at 2 P. M. Entombment will follow at Woodlawn Cemetey.