David Earl Grover, 78, of Woolwich died Sept. 26, 2015, at the Maine Veterans Home in Augusta.

He was born in Wiscasset on Nov. 2, 1936, to Fred and Louise Grover. He was educated in Wiscasset schools and in 1959 joined the U.S. Army.

He married Eleanor Mae Creamer of Wiscasset on Jan. 5, 1963. They made their home on the Mountain Road in Woolwich on a portion of the family farm where he had worked in his earlier years.

He was employed for a time at the Mason Station, but spent most of his life as a self-employed woodsman, farmer and worm digger.

David was an avid cribbage player and Red Sox fan. He loved the outdoors and enjoyed road trips throughout the state of Maine.

David is survived by two sons, Darryl L. Grover and his wife Sheryll of Woolwich, and Richard A. Grover of Woolwich; a daughter, Tammy L. Doughty and her husband Donald of Woolwich; five grandchildren, Allen Simmons, Savannah Simmons-Grover, Joshua Doughty, Noah Doughty, and Benjamin Doughty, a great-grandson, Hunter Simmons, and a sister, Peggy Delano.

A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 10, at the First Congregational Church, High Street, Wiscasset, with a gathering to follow in Fellowship Hall. A graveside service for the family will be held at a later date at the Maine Veterans Cemetery in Augusta.