February
13,
1929
13,
1929
March
10,
2017
10,
2017
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Doris Jean Grover, age 88, of Leland, Illinois passed away on March 10, 2017 with the company and love of her family. She was born on February 13, 1929 in Rockford, IL to Arthur L. Hoffman and Mildred Baker Hoffman. The youngest of four children, Doris received her B.S. from Beloit College, Wisconsin, and moved to Leland in 1950 to teach Spanish and Music at Leland High School. On March 17, 1951, she married Lester Grover and settled on a farm west of Leland where they raised five children. She loved being a farmer’s wife, but when the children were of school age, she returned to teaching.
For the next 25 years, she was an outstanding teacher at Leland High School in Spanish and Biology. She expanded her Spanish students’ awareness of the culture and language by coordinating Christmas trips to Spain. In her last 6 years of teaching, she taught Spanish at Sandwich High School. She enjoyed playing bridge, the piano, and floating in the pool with her grandchildren.
Doris was a proud Auxilian of the Sandwich Community Hospital, managing the Gift Shop for many years. She was also a member of the Daughter of the American Revolution and a longtime member of the Leland American Legion Auxiliary, the Leland Jr. Women’s Club, and the Leland Methodist Church.
Doris was preceded in death by her loving husband of 65 years, Les, on October 30, 2016 and her brothers, Lawrence and Richard Hoffman. Dad has already found her and they are both happy again, ready to celebrate their next anniversary.
She is survived by her five children: Pamela LaVoy of Leland, IL, Spencer Susan Grover of Carmel, IN, Charles Grover of Leland, IL, Linda Dale Richard of Batavia, IL, and Donna Glenn Gustafsson of Bel Air, MD; twelve grandchildren; twelve great grandchildren; one sister, Ruth George Williams of Saginaw, MI.
Private graveside services will be held at a later date. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be made in her remembrance to the Leland American Legion Auxiliary to assist disabled Veterans at PO Box 168, Leland, IL, 60531. For more information or to sign the online guest book, go to www.EighnerFuneralHomes.com
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For the next 25 years, she was an outstanding teacher at Leland High School in Spanish and Biology. She expanded her Spanish students’ awareness of the culture and language by coordinating Christmas trips to Spain. In her last 6 years of teaching, she taught Spanish at Sandwich High School. She enjoyed playing bridge, the piano, and floating in the pool with her grandchildren.
Doris was a proud Auxilian of the Sandwich Community Hospital, managing the Gift Shop for many years. She was also a member of the Daughter of the American Revolution and a longtime member of the Leland American Legion Auxiliary, the Leland Jr. Women’s Club, and the Leland Methodist Church.
Doris was preceded in death by her loving husband of 65 years, Les, on October 30, 2016 and her brothers, Lawrence and Richard Hoffman. Dad has already found her and they are both happy again, ready to celebrate their next anniversary.
She is survived by her five children: Pamela LaVoy of Leland, IL, Spencer Susan Grover of Carmel, IN, Charles Grover of Leland, IL, Linda Dale Richard of Batavia, IL, and Donna Glenn Gustafsson of Bel Air, MD; twelve grandchildren; twelve great grandchildren; one sister, Ruth George Williams of Saginaw, MI.
Private graveside services will be held at a later date. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be made in her remembrance to the Leland American Legion Auxiliary to assist disabled Veterans at PO Box 168, Leland, IL, 60531. For more information or to sign the online guest book, go to www.EighnerFuneralHomes.com
Turner-Eighner Funeral Home13160 Rt. 34 W.PO Box 404Somonauk, IL 60552815-498-2363
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