1924 – 2015

MASON TOWNSHIP — Ina Helen Ellingwood Grover, 91, passed away peacefully at her home on Saturday, Dec.12.

Ina was born the daughter of Joseph and Elsie (Gary) Ellingwood on Nov. 2, 1924, in South Paris and was raised on the farm which is now the Celebration Barn Theater. She attended West Paris High School before her marriage to Rupert Henry Grover Sr. on March 5, 1943. Together they raised four children and worked on “The Farm” in Mason Township until Rupert’s death on Nov. 25, 2010. Ina was also employed by Kendall Dowel Mill for a number of years.

Ina was devoted to her family and community, serving as a member of the Eastern Star, the Pleasant Valley Grange and the West Bethel Union Church. She could usually be found in her kitchen, preparing for a community or family gathering. An excellent seamstress, she created many quilts and other handmade items for her loved ones. She was an avid reader, knowledgeable family genealogist and was always ready for a game of Scrabble, cribbage or cards. Ina also loved the outdoors — gardening, hunting and fishing were among her favorite things to do. She enjoyed traveling as well, often reminiscing about trips she and Rupert had taken with friends and family and she even made the journey to Hudson Bay on a hunting trip with her sons just two years ago. Most of all, she loved keeping up with her grandchildren and extended family, attending school functions, reunions and other events-always with her camera in hand.

Ina is survived by her son, Rupert Grover Jr. and his wife, Suzanne, of Norway; son, Daniel Grover and his wife, Nancy, of Mason Township; daughter, Elsie Aylward of Mason Township; her sisters, Evelyn Chamberlain, Susie Abbott and Beryl Oja; grandchildren, Jessicca Grover, Garth Grover, Lydia Grover, Martha Grover, Eileen Flynn, Diane Merrill, Crystal Aylward, Joshua Aylward, Rebecca Cole, David T. Hanscom, and their father, her former son-in-law, David Hanscom; and 16 great-grandchildren.

She was predeceased by her husband, Rupert; their daughter, Christine Hanscom; son-in-law, Donald Aylward; four brothers, Howard Ellingwood, Perley Ellingwood, Erwin Ellingwood and Ralph Abbott; and three sisters, Doris Maxim, Amy Ferris Drake and Ruth Lowell.