York County PA Archives Obituaries.....Markey-Grove, Virginia I. (Hilt) July 1, 2005
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Virginia I (Hilt) Markey Grove, 87, died Friday July 1, 2005, at York 
Hospital. She was the wife of the late Raymond A. Grove

A celebration of life service will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, July 5, 2005, 
at Olewiler and Heffner Funeral Home, Inc., 35 Gotham Place, Red Lion, with 
the Rev. Steven Schmuck officicating. Burial will be in Zion U. M. Cemetery. A 
viewing will be from 9 to 10 a.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.

Born May 25, 1918, in York, a daughter of the late George A. and Margie B. 
Ryan Hilt, she was a professional seamstress having owned yarn shops in Red 
Lion and York, She knitted over 100 sweaters for the needy. Mrs. Grove enjoyed 
making crafts and knitting and crocheting unique dolls.

She was a member of Red Lion Bible Church where she taught knitting in the 
church school.

Mrs. Groveis survived by a son, Michael D. Markey of Red Lion; three 
daughters, Virginia L. Smith and Brenda J. Steffe, both of Red Lion, and 
Sandra E. Golden of Allentown; 12 grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren; three 
great-great-grandchildren; a sister Ruth Helm of Mt. Joy; and her former 
husband, Charles L. Markey of Red Lion. She was preceded in death by a 
granddaughter, Michelle Getz; and two brothers.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions maybe made to American Diabetes 
Assoc., 3544 N Progress Ave., Suite 101, Harrisburg, PA 17110