Rupert Grover Sr.

MASON TOWNSHIP - Rupert Henry Grover, Sr., 90, of Mason Township, died Thursday, November 25, 2010 at Market Square Health Care Center in South Paris. He was born in Mason Township on August 11, 1920, the son of Eli and Ella Garey Grover. He graduated from Gould Academy in 1939 and faithfully served his country in the U. S. Army. He married Ina Ellingwood on March 5, 1943. He worked in the woods and at A. C. Lawrence.

He was a member of the West Bethel Union Church, Pleasant Valley Grange, Bethel Masonic Lodge #97 and the Order of the Eastern Star. He loved the outdoors, especially hunting, fishing and trapping, storytelling and was a Red Sox fan.

Mr. Grover is survived by his wife of Mason Township; two sons, Rupert H. Grover, Jr. and his wife Suzanne and Daniel T. Grover and his wife Nancy; a daughter, Elsie Aylward; 10 beloved grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; sisters, Margaret Perham and her husband Joseph and Verna Thayer and brothers, Stanley and his wife Mary and Richard and his wife Mona. He was predeceased by a daughter, Christine and brothers, Paul, Walter, Howard, Ernest, Ralph and Robert.

Funeral services were held on Sunday, November 28 at the West Bethel Union Church with interment following at Flat Road Cemetery. Donations in his memory can be made to the West Bethel Union Church, PO Box 42, West Bethel, ME 04286. Arrangements are under the direction of Greenleaf Funeral Home, 37 Vernon St., Bethel. On-line condolences may be shared with his family at www.andrewsgreenleaf.com.

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Rupert Grover Sr.