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Ileen Groves

Oct. 7, 1947 - Feb. 7, 2024

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Ileen Fogarty Groves died at home on February 7, 2024 in Soledad, CA following a battle with pancreatic cancer. She was surrounded by her loving family and will be greatly missed. Ileen was born on October 7, 1947 in Boston, Massachusetts to John “Jack” Fogarty and Ruth (Donovan) Fogarty. She was married for 31 years to Barry Groves. In addition to her husband, Ileen is survived by her children, Rebecca (Douglas) Kinyo, Richard Semersky, Matthew (Lynn) Semersky, Jacob Semersky and her step-children, Tracy (Brad) Loetz, Carter (Lynette) Groves, Katy Groves, and Kelly (Adam) Curry. She was a devoted grandmother to 7 grandchildren and 11 step-grandchildren, as well as a loving sister to her 6 siblings: Anne Green, Kathy (Lou) Panetta, Tim Fogarty, Jean (Bob Downing) Fogarty, Liz (Dan) Cotter, And Phil (Sally) Fogarty. Ileen lived in Ohio most of her life, raising her children while working as an educator, a food service administrator, and a project administrator with a Fortune 500 company, before “retiring” to Monterey County in 2011. For over a decade, Ileen built up a successful bookkeeping franchise, Bookkeeping Express (later wholly owned as Bookkeeping Central), building relationships with many

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