John T. Grove ’61

John died Dec. 17, 2014, at his home in Mechanicsburg, Pa., after battling dementia for some time.

He came to Princeton from Central Dauphin High School in Harrisburg, Pa. At Princeton, John majored in chemistry but left Princeton after junior year and completed his education at Elizabethtown College.

In our 40th-reunion yearbook, he wrote that “the stupidest thing I ever did was ‘lazy’ my way out of Princeton,” but he went on to earn a master’s degree at Shippensburg University and a principal certificate at Bucknell. John spent his entire career in education, retiring as principal of John Harris High School in Harrisburg after a 35-year career there.

In retirement, he taught troubled teenagers through Alternative Rehabilitation Communities. He was a member of the Harrisburg Bridge Club and St. Andrew’s in the Valley Episcopal Church, where he served in the vestry as senior warden.

John is survived by his wife of 34 years, Patricia; three sons; a daughter; two stepsons; two stepdaughters; 11 grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. We send them our condolences and wish only that we had seen more of John over the years.