Carol Joyce Grover
1935-2019
A BEAUTIFUL VOICE IS
STILLED
Mrs. Carol Joyce (Taylor) Grover – age 83, of
Wolfville, passed away on June 12, 2019, in the Valley Regional
Hospital, Kentville, following a long battle with cancer. Born in
Windsor, she was a daughter of Walter Allen Taylor and Ethel Audrey
(Lawrence) Morton. Carol was sociable, full of laughter and an
energetic fighter. Carol graduated from Edgehill School in 1953, Mount
Allison University in 1956 and from Dalhousie University (B.Ed.,
1957). At 18, she met Downey at the Digby Pines Hotel where they were
both working for the summer. Four years later they married. Parenting
became her main focus. Carol cared deeply about education, placing her
children in the first French immersion program in Canada and ensuring
that they all had musical training. Family ties mattered to her; every
summer while her family lived in Toronto, there was a trip bringing
her children back to the Valley which built loving relationships with
cousins, aunts and uncles that have endured. Musically gifted, even as
a child she performed at the Halifax Music Festival. Always in a
choir, she sang alto under the baton of Seiji Ozawa in Toronto, then
in the Halifax Chamber Choir under Paul Murray and finally under Bill
Perrot in the Kings Chorale in the Annapolis Valley. Kings Chorale, to
her delight, indulged her love of travel and musicals, taking her to
sing at the Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall in New York. She and
Downey were avid bridge players, becoming Life Masters in 1988. In
later life, she shared Downey’s hobby, gardening, a passion
expressed profusely in the gardens surrounding the much-loved house in
Avonport. She was a loving mother to three daughters, Cynthia,
Belgium; Hilary (Eric) Cubilier, Guadeloupe and Rachel, Halifax; two
sons, Peter, Tennessee, USA and William, Scarborough, Ontario. She is
also survived by sister, Marie (Taylor) Stuart, Hantsport;
half-brother, Scott (Marianne) Morton, Bedford; grandchildren, Kerina
(Kate), Cameron (Katie), Erika (Byron), Natalie and Audrey;
great-grandchildren, Brandon, Silas and Norah. She was predeceased by
her parents, her husband, Dr. Benjamin Downey Grover, an infant son,
Downey Bruce, and her half-sister Thelma (Taylor) Smylie. Cremation
has taken place and there will be no visitation, by request. The
funeral service, followed by a reception, will be held at the White
Family Funeral Home, Kentville at 1:00 p.m. Saturday, August 17, 2019.
Burial will take place in the Falmouth Cemetery. Family flowers only,
by request. Donations in memory of Carol may be made to the Valley
Hospice Foundation in Kentville or to the Victorian Order of Nurses.
The family wishes to thank the medical staff of the palliative care
unit at the Valley Regional Hospital, in particular, Dr. Lori Burgess.
We much appreciated the kindness of the VON and the unwavering care of
Rachel Grover. Between them, they made it possible for Carol to live
at home in comfort until the last two weeks of her life. Special
thanks to LaVerne Porter and Jane Grover for their sustained bedside
vigil. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to the White Family
Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Kentville.
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Nos plus sincères sympathies à la famille et aux amis de Carol Joyce Grover 19352019..
Décès pour la Ville: Kentville, Province: Nova Scotia