Patrick Alan Grover

Patrick, known to his friends as Pat, was a loving husband and father and is survived by his wife, Patricia (Patty); daughters, Tricia and Krista; son-in-law’s, Charles and Quintin; brother Gary and his best buddy Wally (dog).

Pat grew up in a loving home with two brothers, Gary and Randy. The family spent their summers all over California boating and water skiing. One of their favorite places was Lake Orovile – the town his Grandmother lived in.

After graduating from Dominguez High School, Pat enlisted in the Army in 1968. Service to his Country ran in his family. His father served in the Navy in WWII and brother Gary the Air Force during the Vietnam War.

Years after his service, Pat began working at the Arc Workshop in Downey. The Arc promotes and protects the human rights of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, and actively supports their full inclusion and participation in the community throughout their lifetimes. His younger brother, Randy, attended the Workshop for several years. Pat’s involvement with the Workshop is how he met his wife Patty in 1978. The two shared a compassion for those with disabilities and once they began dating, they found they also shared a love for music.

In 1979 Pat and Patty got married, alongside their good friends, Dan and Charlotte O’Rourke, in Las Vegas. Soon after, the couple bought a home in the City of Ontario and had their first daughter, Tricia, in 1982. Not too long after Krista was born in 1984. The family desired a larger home, near better schools, and moved into a new community in Ontario (Creekside) in 1987.

While raising their daughters, Pat and Patty continued the Grover family tradition of road trips. Each summer they would spend weeks adventuring the western part of the Country and exploring as many National Parks and waterways they could. Pat always tried to find a hotel with a pool to reward the girls for the long hours in the car.

The family lived in Creekside until the daughters finished high school, got married, and graduated college. Upon retirement, they moved to the City of Murrieta, where they bought their second dream house. Once retired they enjoyed traveling and cruising all over the world. When they weren’t traveling they were going to concerts and trying new restaurants.

Pat loved Patty very much and was so proud of his daughters. Any chance he got to brag about a sport they were in, new job, marathon, hike or vacation he would. Pat would talk to anyone and strangers were drawn to him. Anywhere he would go, someone would strike up a conversation.

His daughters were his pride and joy and his memory will live on through them because they share the same compassion, openheartedness and kindness that he did.

Pat was a truly great man whose impact will be forever felt by his family, that loves him dearly. He was a selfless man whose passing left an unfillable gap in the hearts of his loved ones. His ability to sacrifice, provide, support, forgive, and love will be forever engrained in all he knew.

The music never stops, sometimes we all can’t hear it. Rock on Patrick.