{"id":27921,"date":"2026-01-16T16:04:55","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T22:04:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?p=27921"},"modified":"2026-01-16T16:08:42","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T22:08:42","slug":"kenneth-grove-87-of-olney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/obits\/27921-kenneth-grove-87-of-olney\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenneth Grove (87) of Olney"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"javascript: window.print()\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>Kenneth Grove, age 87 of Olney, passed away on January 14, 2026, at Helia Health Care in Olney, Illinois. Kenneth was born on October 15, 1938, in Olney, Illinois, the son Ervin and Eva (Musgrove) Grove. Kenny married Sue Crackel on July 3, 1969, in Olney, Illinois and she preceded him in death on July 21, 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Graveside Service will be held on Wednesday, January 21, 2026, at 11:00 AM at Haven Hill Memorial Garden Cemetery in Olney, Illinois. Arrangements are under the care of Meyer Funeral Home in Olney. The obituary can be viewed, and condolences left at www.meyerfh.com.<\/p>\n<p>Kenny worked for UPS for many years as a delivery truck driver. He built his own home on his farm doing most of the work himself. He loved doing woodworking and working on his cars. Kenny loved his farm and especially raising and caring for his cattle.<\/p>\n<p>Kenny is survived by his children:<\/p>\n<p>Sherry Cutsinger of Bicknell, Indiana,<\/p>\n<p>Kevin (Donna) Grove of Olney, Illinois<\/p>\n<p>Randy (Robin) Cunningham of Parkersburg, Illinois,<\/p>\n<p>Tamela Hiles of Woodruff, Wisconsin,<\/p>\n<p>Regina Grove of Olney, Illinois<\/p>\n<p>Brenda (Mile) McCullough of Oaktown, Indiana<\/p>\n<p>several grand grandchildren and great-grandchildren<\/p>\n<p>Kenny was preceded in death by his parents, wife Sue, son Jed Cunningham, brothers Wilby Grove, Jerry Grove, sisters Thelma Hubble, Dorothy Brissenden, Verna Schwartz, and Helen Paddick<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kenneth died on Wednesday, January 14.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":27922,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-obits"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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