Arnold Gronneberg was born at Walum, North Dakota on October 6, 1912 to Christ and Inga Gronneberg. He graduated from the Cooperstown High School and North Dakota State University, Bottineau branch.
Christine Sabby was born at Wimbledon, North Dakota on January 19, 1922 to Torger and Anne Sabby.
They were married July 16, 1941. They have four children, Douglas, who farms with his father, Carol Ann (Mrs. George White) who is a schoolteacher at Indio, California, Sandra Avis (Mrs. Jerome Francis) who is a secretary for a business firm in Fargo, and Lee Alan, a student in the Glenfield -Sutton school system.
Employed at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard from March 1941 until the fall of 1947, returning to engage in farming on the home place northwest of Hannaford, North Dakota
Elected as a State Representative from the 23rd Legislative in 1970.
Source: Griggs County History 1879 - 1976 Page 357