Lewiston Sun Journal
December 14, 2015MASON TOWNSHIP - Ina Helen Ellingwood Grover, 91, passed away peacefully at her home on Saturay, December 12, 2015.
Ina was born the daughter of Joseph and Elsie (Gary) Ellingwood on November 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 November 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 average 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 travelin 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, atending 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.
Find-a-GraveRupert Henry Grover, Sr., 90, of Mason Township, died at Market Square Health Care Center. He was born in Mason Township, 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.
He is survived by his wife of Mason Township; two sons, Rupert and his wife Suzanne and Daniel and his wife Nancy; a daughter, Elsie; 10 beloved grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; sisters, Margaret and her husband Joseph and Verna; 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.
Elsie (Hite) Whisler was a teacher.
The Haverhill Gazette (MA)
January 21, 2016FORMERLY OF HAVERHILL: Stewart W. Hopkins passed away peacefully Thursday morning, January 14, with his two daughters by his side.
Mr. Hopkins was the husband of R. Harriet "Podee" (Jacobs) Hopkins who died in 2014.
He is survived by two daughters, Hillary J. Benson of Haverhill, Heidi H. and her husband, Norman Delisle of Manchester, Mass., two sons, Harvey W. Hopkins of Carbondale, Colo., Carl F. Hopkins of Plaistow, N.H.; a brother, Donald and his wife, Leila Hopkins, and grandchildren, Matthew Benson, Warner Hopkins, Eric Delisle and Rain Delisle.