Eileen Howard Grove

Eileen Howard Grove (Elnice)

Born April 24, 1932, in Connellsville, Pa, the daughter of Arthur Michael and Edrie Grimm

Howard and the widow of Donald Louis Grove to whom she was married for 48 years, died

May 14th, 2026 on her beloved Hilton Head Island.

Eileen graduated from Connellsville High School with the class of 1950 and the Stenotype

Institute of Pittsburgh. She was an executive secretary for the Aluminum Company of

America and Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation in Pittsburgh, and Martin Marietta

Corporation in Orlando, Florida. After moving to Hilton Head Island, she was an office

manager for Orkin Pest Control.

Raised in the Baptist faith, Eileen had a strong faith in her Savior Jesus Christ. She attended

Christ Lutheran Church on HHI where she was a lector.

She was an avid reader, crossword and Sudoku solver, loved the beach and never failed to

collect some small treasures each time she went. She loved all the birds that came to her

feeders and the deer were welcome to her flowers. She enjoyed her many friends at water

aerobics at Spring Lake in Hilton Head Plantation and the Island Rec Center.

Don & Eileen were married May 22, 1965 and shared many years of happiness until his

passing in 2012. They began vacationing in Hilton Head Island in 1977 following her year of

chemotherapy for breast cancer. She was a 50-year survivor. They followed their dream

and moved to the Island permanently in 1990.

Surviving are her son Paul Andew Grove of Plover, Wisconsin, sister Emmalee Dieter

(David) of Connellsville, Pa, several nieces and nephews including Kirk & Kay Carver, of The

Villages, Florida, three great nephews and one great niece.

In addition to her parents and her husband she was predeceased by an infant sister, Muriel

Ann Howard, and sister-in-laws Janice Grove Krizov and Nancy Grove Volk.

A graveside service will be held at Six Oaks Cemetery in Sea Pines Plantation in the fall. 

In lieu of flowers donation can be made to Hilton Head Humane Association; P.O. Box 21790

Hilton Head Island, SC 29925