"Jack" Philip Grove died at age 89 on Thursday 7 April 2016 in the morning. He was still telling jokes in the hours before he passed. He was a keen historian, and read extensively the histories of the Civil War, and WWII. He had read most of the considerable biographies of Abraham Lincoln. He served on LST 628 in the Navy in WWII. Jack was born on 23 August 1926, Monday, in Quincy Illinois at the home of his parents. Jack was a salesman for 3M for many years as well as a retail businessman. Jack and his son, Bob Grove, operated the Stockport Mill from 1979-1997. Jack and his wife Peg lived at Four Oaks Farm, Stockport Ohio for 44 years. Peg passed on November 15, 2015, just 8 days before their 70th wedding anniversary. A graduate of Springfield High School, he attended the University of Missouri. Predeceased by his wife C. Peggy Grove, and his granddaughter Emily Alyson Grove, his sister Marion Flynn, her sons Patrick and Michael Flynn and his brother Benjamin Grove. Jack's parents were Benjamin Jacob Hinton Grove and Alice Grace Hollembeek Grove. He is survived by his son Robert Thomas Grove of Stockport OH, Anne Grove of Yakima WA and Jennifer Susan Grove of Louisville KY. He is survived by 6 grandchildren Sidra Grove, Jacob Grove, Toby Grove, Jordon Grove, Alyson Grove, Niall Reynolds; 8 great-grandchildren, and cousin Ted Blauser Sr. At his request, neither funeral nor service will be held. In place of flowers, donations may be made to Bartlett Wesley Township VFD Auxiliary, 2060 State Route 550, Bartlett Ohio 45713. Matheny Funeral Home of McConnelsville of funeral home in charge of arrangements. "The span of mortals is short, the end universal; and the tinge of melancholy which accompanies decline and retirement is in itself an anodyne. It is foolish to waste lamentations upon the closing phase of human life. Noble spirits yield themselves willingly to the successively falling shades which carry them to a better world or to oblivion." - Sir Winston Churchill, November 30, 1964 on occasion of his ninetieth birthday.