Peacefully at the Southlake Regional Health Centre in Newmarket in his 95th year. He was the husband of the late Jean (Dundas) and the father of Lloyd and Sylvia, Ross and Carol, , Lynn and Ron and Donna and Ian. He was the brother of the late Albert and Noreen Grose. He was a retired member of the Alliston Fire Department and Smith Lumber of Cookstown. A funeral service was held on October 31st, 2006 in Sn St. John's United Church in Alliston followed by interment in Alliston Union Cemetery.