Charles Aubrey “Skip” Grover
February 11, 1941 – November 25, 2024
WHITEWATER – Charles Aubrey “Skip” Grover, passed away on Monday, November 25, 2024. He was born in Dent, Minn., on February 11, 1941, the youngest son of Verlie Evangeline (nee Babcock) and Cyril Erwin Grover. His older sisters Elaine, Elizabeth and Verna Mae, and older brother, Duane (Cyril Duane) all predeceased him.
Skip attended University of Minnesota – Moorhead for his undergraduate degree. He joined the U.S. Army National Guard in Minnesota and continued to serve after transferring to California. Skip went on to receive his Ph.D. in Theatre Research from University of California – Davis. His daughter, Holly, was born in California in 1971, and son, Brian, was born in California in 1973. The family moved to Wisconsin in 1974, where he had accepted a position with the UW- Whitewater Theatre Department. He taught acting, directing, and theatre history, often directing three plays a year, and serving as academic advisor – mostly to students going into education, until his retirement in 2017.
On June 3, 2007, he married Carolyn Engstrom, better-known as Carna, mother of Roy, Shawna, and Tamara, and they lived together in Whitewater until this year. They cherished making memories and having adventures with his children and Carna’s children, grandchildren, and great-grandchild, Alagaesia, Aiden, Cierra, Cienna, Alyssa, Evion and her son, Broxdon, Joshua, Saudaie, Sylvanus, Sivon and Zane.
A celebration of life will be held at a later date.
Online condolences may be made at www.gundersonfh.com.
Gunderson Fitchburg
Funeral & Cremation Care
2950 Chapel Valley Road
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