Carrol Jackson Grover Obituary (1925

Carrol Jackson Grover passed away Friday, November 24, 2023 at the age of 97. She was at peace and surrounded by her loving family. Carrol was born to Victor Orin and Ada Estella Rex Jackson on December 10,1925, at the family home on their ranch near Belfry, Montana. She grew up a rancher's daughter with a childhood full of faith, adventure, and hard work both on the ranch and spending summers with her dad in Cooke City. In 1947, while attending Utah State Agricultural College (Utah State University), she became reacquainted with Ben Leo Grover, a young man she had met as a small child. They were married for time and all eternity on June 23, 1947 in the Salt Lake Temple. She carried her love of the Lord Jesus Christ, rancher’s work ethic, and adventurous spirit with her as she and Ben raised their family and moved from Utah to Kansas, Iowa, California, back to Utah and then to Bolivia, Illinois, Senegal, Honduras and many more places. She loved to tell stories of her travels. She spent time on six continents and she visited nearly every country in North and South America. In all her foreign travels she found ways to love and serve the people. As a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints she served in many church callings. She often lived in small branches of the church, but whether the church was large or small, her faith in Jesus Christ led her to serve faithfully wherever she was needed. She shared that faith with her children and grandchildren. In retirement, Carrol and Ben served as missionaries for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Brussels Belgium mission from 1990 to 1991. She always said her French was half Spanish. After the mission they served as temple workers in the St. George Temple. They built a dream home in LaVerkin, Utah and a cabin near Cooke City, Montana. After Ben’s death she finished his final project, building a cabin on Kolob Mountain closer to their home in Southern Utah. Her grandchildren have fond memories of visiting Grandma and working alongside her and Grandpa to build and keep up the cabin. Her example of hard work inspired other generations. She loved playing card games with her grandkids and great grandkids when the work was done. If you questioned her “house rules” to the card games, she would laugh and say you would have to “sleep with the bears tonight.” Carrol is preceded in death by her husband Ben Grover and her daughter Alicia Grover Mecham Barreto. She is survived by three sisters, Alice Allred, Hope Krum and Jean Vance; her daughters Colleen (Harold) Oliver, Ada (Albin) Dittli, Carrolee (Bruce) Howell, Lanise (Kip) Thompson, two sons Richard (Mary) Grover, and Larry (Pennye) Grover, son-in-law Marcos Barreto and numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 12:00 noon, Friday, December 1, 2023 at the Mapleton 8th Ward Chapel, 1215 North 1000 West, Mapleton, Utah. The family will receive friends from 10:30-11:45 a.m. prior to services. Interment at 12:00 p.m., Saturday, December 2 at the La Verkin Cemetery, Utah. Condolences may be expressed at www.bergmortuary.com. You are invited to attend LIVE: https://gvsu-edu.zoom.us/j/93907535978?pwd=Rk1UZGxPeDl1VVZRVW5jT0JWQ1dSZz09 Meeting ID: 939 0753 5978 Passcode: 499067