Grover Nevells passed away on June 18, 2025, in Hanover, Pa. He was the son of Katherine Gross Nevells and Ira Luther Nevells and was born in his grandmother’s house in Oceanville in Stonington, Me. Dec. 21, 1941. At an early age, he was being sent to the shore to dig for clams for an evening’s supper, and by the time he was twelve years old, he was fishing in a dinghy in Stonington Harbor with his younger sister, Deborah, as 2nd mate. His family moved to Providence, R.I. when he was 15 years old and where he attended high school and met his future wife, Sarah (known as Sally.) He served in the U.S. Navy as a communications technician but was landlocked for most of his time in the Navy at Fort George G. Meade in Maryland. After leaving the service, he was a CT and then a programmer for the National Security Administration and subsequently at the Social Security Headquarters in Woodlawn, Md. He was also a Boy Scout leader, a black powder gun enthusiast, a Baltimore Rambler Motorcycle club member, a snowplow driver, a transporter of kayaks for Glen Tucker’s “Coastal Kayaks,” a bus driver for Island Explorer, and a volunteer for Island Connections. His family will remember him particularly for his joy in retelling the same stories at every opportunity he had. He was loved by his wife of 61 years, Sarah (Sally) Nevells, of Hanover, Pa.,his sister, Deborah Rupprecht and husband, Peter, of Alabama and niece, Kathy, of Virginia, cousin, Sherrel Heanssler of Belfast, Me., daughters Rebecca Nevells and Elizabeth Nevells of Hanover, Pa., sons Daniel Nevells of Hanover, Pa., and David Nevells and wife, Jackie, of Berthoud, Co., son-in-law, Gary Salisbury of Sebring, Fl., sister-in-law, Priscilla Henry and husband, John, of Annapolis, Md.. He also leaves 8 grandchildren: Stefani, Joseph, Jennifer, Steven, Seth, Taylor, Jonah, and Samuel, and 4 great grandchildren, and many friends. Grover was predeceased by his parents, by his cherished son, Christopher, and by his son-in-law, Michael Sutherland. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Island Connections of Bar Harbor, Maine, or Habitat for Humanity.
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