Grosvenor Murray: He was like the Pied Piper, possessing a magnetic personality that attracted all to him. Asta Olafsdottir, the Icelandic beauty whom the handsome young GI met during World War II on a tennis court in Reykjavik, became the love of Grove's life and remained so even after their 57-year marriage ended with her death. The Murray home attracted all the neighborhood kids who couldn't wait to play with Grove and Asta's children, Oli and Margie, because weekend play sessions often included a hike in the woods. Ever the adventurer, Grove could be seen playing Tarzan by crossing frozen streams hand over hand on a branch, which invariably broke, sending him giggling into the icy water as the kids howled with laughter and Asta looked on worriedly. Hikes would always be followed by popcorn and cocoa in the Murray dining room. His grandchildren adored him. Grove's creative juices were at their best when he was devising children's games, often with pinecones or stones, while waiting with Daria and Sonja for the bus. Since he was asked to be unseen when the bus arrived, he would "hide" behind a tree where the bus driver always waved to him. His magnetism carried over to animals including his dog, Kayla, who never left his side, and his grand dog, Gwen, who often shot across the lawn to take a flying leap onto his lap where love and kisses always awaited. Grove was also beloved by all at the Folts Home where he volunteered daily for ten years. Grove was an engineer with Kelsey-Hayes until his retirement. He was an excellent athlete, playing semi-professional baseball and many other sports. In addition, he was an outstanding bass, singing with a championship barbershop quartet and the Crimson Chords Chorus at numerous competitions and shows. Grove was a wonderful role model, always exhibiting unconditional love, tolerance, generosity, kindness, warmth, sincere interest in other people, and acceptance of everyone as they are. Grove leaves his children, Thomas Olaf Murray and wife, Betty, and Margaret Murray Roberts and husband, Laurence; grandchildren, Kristina Murray and husband, Tad Ripley, Patricia Murray Nordwall and husband, Mark, Carolyn Murray and husband, Sasha Dansky, Daria Roberts Helmer and husband, Adam, Sonja Roberts Cutter and husband, Jamison, and Viktoria Hinge and husband, Nick; great-grandchildren, Tyler and Camryn Ripley, Katherine and Emily Nordwall, and Alec and Maja Helmer. A memorial service will be held in the Folts Home Chapel on the corner of Washington and State Streets in Herkimer on Friday, December 30, 2005, at 1:00 p.m. The family will meet visitors following the service. In lieu of flowers, please consider gifts in Grove's memory to Planned Parenthood Mohawk Hudson, 1424 Genesee Street, Utica, NY 13502, or the Folts Home. Funeral arrangements are with Fenner Funeral Home, Inc., Herkimer.