Janice Grotte

Janice Grotte, 90, of Hatton, ND, passed away from breast cancer on Wednesday, April 16, 2025, at Hatton Prairie Village in Hatton. A memorial service will be held Saturday, August 30, 2025, at 11:00 a.m. at St. John Lutheran Church in Hatton. A visitation will be held from 10:00 a.m. until the time of the service at the church. Memorials can be directed to St. John Lutheran Church, 420 7th St, Hatton, ND 58240.

She is survived by her son Mark (Marsha) and granddaughter Marisa (Eddie Rodelo); son Mitchell; son Eric (Cecilia) granddaughter Isabel and step-granddaughters Natalie and Renee; son-in-law Robert Brooks; grandchildren Jay and Elizabeth Brooks; sister Marilyn Harms nee Stoa: brothers David Holter (Dawn), Neal Holter, Rick Holter, Carl Holter (Diane) Michael Holter (Cindy) and dozens of nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her parents Jerome Holter and Ester Holter nee Rosholt; husband Richard Grotte, daughter Jana Brooks; son Dane Grotte; brother Gordon Stoa; brother-in-law John Harms and sisters-in-law Jackie, Carol, Gayle and Janet. 

Janice grew up in Hatton ND in a farming family. Salutatorian at Hatton HS, she got a medical tech degree in Minneapolis before marrying Richard Grotte while he was in ROTC at UND. She then transitioned for the next 21 years to an Air Force pilot’s wife. Upon Richard’s retirement as a Lieutenant Colonel, they settled in Mayville, ND where Janice took up transcription work for the doctors in the Mayville Clinic. She retired from what was eventually Sanford and returned to her childhood home in Hatton. Janice was an accomplished bridge player and jigsaw puzzle master. She loved to read, bake and travel. Of stout Norwegian stock she had a matter-of-fact personality with a great sense of humor. Janice loved her Lord and St John’s Lutheran Church in Hatton, ND. We give particular thanks to Pastor Bruce Vold and the entire staff at Hatton Prairie Village where she felt very much at home.