Arthur Dean Grover

Arthur "Dean" Grover was born July 17, 1963 and he passed away on December 11, 2022. Dean fought medical battles for most of his life. His extraordinary heart kept beating through two bouts of cancer, a liver transplant and a cardiac arrest in 2009. He had thirteen bonus years, but his poor heart just couldn't keep going. Dean is survived by his wife (Samantha), two children (Ryan and Amanda), a grandson (Zane), a daughter-in-Law (Sidney) and both parents (Mary and Rich). He is also survived by two sisters (Cheryl H and Anita S), two brothers-in-law (Mark H. and Dan S.), five nieces and nephews (Jacob, Jessica, Jana, Sierra and Bryce), two niece/nephew in-laws (Ceirra and Dylan), one great-nephew (Finn), and quite a few in-laws in Sam's family.

Dean was an 'Air Force Brat' and lived in many states as a child. He finished high school in Apple Valley, CA and then attended Purdue University in IN. He graduated in 1986 and went to work for Hughes Aircraft Company. He lived in the LA area. He loved beach volleyball, biking on the strand and often hiked in various spots in California. Joshua Tree was one of his favorite places.

Dean's lifelong joy was playing pinball. At one point he was ranked 47th in the world (currently there are 30,889 players listed). He got his first machine (300) while battling cancer. He had a collection of pinballs (about 35) and video games (25) in his home, and a few in relative's houses too. His love of pinball was not just recreational, he pursued a career helping design and program pinball machines. He worked for Williams Pinball in the 90's. He was working for Stern Pinball when he passed away.

His other career was as a software engineer in the defense industry. His company name changed multiple times, but his dedication to the work never did. He earned quite a few accolades from his company, and some from the federal level too. He worked for the same company for over 30 years (with a small hiatus while working for Williams) and retired in 2018.
After that, he contracted with Stern to work on pinball machines again.

Dean was intelligent, kind, caring and generous. He was loved by many and will be missed greatly.

Dean's service will be livestreamed at the scheduled service time. Click Here to view the service.

In lieu of flowers, please donate in his name to a charity of your choosing. Dean often gave to the University of Colorado. If you'd like to give where he gave, you may do so here:

University of Colorado Foundation
Transplant Fund
PO Box 17126
Denver, CO 80217
In Memory of Dean Grover

Online here
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