Grace Hulbert Wilson Groves is the wife of General Leslie R. Groves. The pair was married in 1922 and together they had two children, Richard and Gwen. During the war, the family lived in Washington and Grace took on part-time work, making surgical dressings for the Red Cross and hosting dances for the Officers' Club. She is buried next to Genreal Groves in Section Two of Arlington National Cemetery.
Grace Groves
SpouseHanford, WA
Spouse to Manhattan Project Worker
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Grace Groves’s Timeline
1911 Met General Leslie R. Groves, Fort William Henry Harrison, Montana.
1986 Buried next to husband at Arlington National Cemetery.
1897 Born.
1922 Feb 10th Married.
1923 First child born, Richard Wilson.
1928 Second child born, Gwen.