Our loving mother, Lois M. Hoopes Grover, Ammon, Idaho, formerly from Archer, Idaho, passed away on December 30, 2016, at the Teton Post Acute Care and Rehabilitation Center, Idaho Falls from natural causes incident to age.

Mom was born December 18, 1935, at LaBelle, Idaho, to Benjamin Hoopes and Margaret Fifield Hoopes. She was the 12 th of 14 children. Mom spent most of her childhood in LaBelle, Idaho. She attended schools in Rigby, Idaho. Mom married the love of her life, Leslie Grover, on April 12, 1952, in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Their marriage was later solemnized in the Idaho Falls LDS Temple on June 14, 1967.

In the early years of their marriage, they lived in Island Park and worked in the timber industry with her family during the spring, summer and fall. Then in the winter months, they lived in Archer, where mom worked in the local potato industry. After dad retired from the Idaho Transportation Department, they spend their winters in Arizona and their summers in Archer, where mom worked in her flower gardens –when she and dad weren't fishing. After the death of her husband, mom moved to Idaho Falls to be near her children, and again continued to work in her flower gardens.

Mom is preceded in death by her husband, Leslie; her brothers, Don, Jesse, Ted, Lawrence, George, Clarence (Shorty), Paul, Edward, Harlow (Butch); and her sisters, unnamed stillborn sister, Velda, and Phyllis. She is survived by one sister, Dorothy, her children, Cathy (Fred Dilley), Brent (Kirsten), Dennis (Susan), and Doug; 14 grandchildren, 24 great-grandchildren, and 1 great-great-grandchild; also, her bird Nandy and her dog Roscoe.

Mom was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Her hobbies in her youth included roller skating, swimming, and dancing. She enjoyed artwork and decorated businesses. She loved camping, hunting, and fishing with her family. Family came first for mom. She was dedicated to them and spent her life serving her husband, her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. Her face always lit up when she was around small children and babies. She made sure everyone had good food and was served before she would eat. She gave freely to those around who had less.

She faced a lot of physical challenges but worked through these and lived to serve others. She was a hard worker. She once said, "There's nothing to be ashamed of if you have little, but you should be ashamed if you don't take care of what you do have." She lived by that motto.