Edwin Brockway Grose

Edwin Brockway Grose, age 88, peacefully passed away in the early morning hours of Sunday, December 15, 2024, at his home in Kamas, Utah. He was born July 8, 1936 in Park City, Utah to Thomas R. and Lottie Tueller Grose.

Edwin had an adventurous childhood growing up in Park City. His days were spent exploring old abandoned houses and mine buildings, jumping off the China Bridge, playing with homemade rubber band guns and riding his bike around town. He loved to be outdoors with his dad and brothers, hiking the Park City mountains, fishing and exploring. As he grew up, he became active in mountain climbing, hunting, skiing and prospecting for gold.

Edwin was a graduate of Park City High School. In school, he was active in sports, playing football and running track. He also played on the basketball team where he really excelled and was able to play for a state basketball championship.

After graduation, Edwin traveled the country, trying his hand at many odd jobs until he was drafted into the Army.

In the Army, Edwin was trained at the Sandia Nuclear Weapons School in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He was a Senior Nuclear Assemblyman for the Defense Atomic Support Agency and was a member of the demonstration team for the Armed Forces Special Weapons Group at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. He was also a member for the Fourth Army Rifle Team.

After his discharge, Edwin went to work for Alta Ski resort and worked on the installation of the ski lifts at the new Solitude ski area. From there, he was hired to work at Treasure Mountain Ski Resort as the gondola operator. He was able to live in the superintendent’s house, which was located at the Silver King Mine, which was half way up the ski area and near the location of the angle station. He enjoyed the solitude of the mountain and was able to take jeep rides in the summer and snow cat rides in the winter right out his front door after work. During those years, Edwin became serious about collecting Park City antiques and mining relics. He had an extensive collection that he would use to help educate people about the workings of the mines.

Edwin met Roslyn Stewart in 1963. They were married on March 23, 1964 in Salt Lake City, Utah. They had one daughter, Destiny, whom they both adored. They later divorced. 

Together, they opened the Park City Antique and Floral Shop, which was one of the most popular shops in town, having unique antiques, beautiful floral designs and the largest selection of penny candy in the West. Edwin was one of the original founders of the Park City Arts Festival, which is still in existence today.

In the early 1970s, Edwin moved to Charleston, Utah, where he bought a small farm. He restored the 1890’s house and furnished it with lovely antiques that he had collected over the years.

When he sold the business in Park City, he opened a business at the Old West Village where the Heber Creeper was located. When that business closed, much of Edwin’s collection was put to use in the Park City Museum where he had built the Mine Shaft and Tunnel exhibit.

During Edwin’s later years, he spent much of his time traveling the west looking for gold properties for venture capitalists, buying and selling western antiques and fly fishing. Because of his time spent exploring and the time he spent studying Park City history, Edwin has been part of several articles and books about Park City, mining history, and fly fishing in Utah.

His final years were spent reading and studying, tying flies, tending his garden and watching the animals who lived in his yard, which he made into a protected wildlife habitat at his home in Kamas.

Edwin is survived by his daughter, Destiny Lee Grose, sister, Norma Jean Scarborough, sister, Mary Byrd and brother, Thomas R. Grose. Also survived by several nieces and nephews.

He is proceeded in death by his parents Thomas R and Lottie Grose, his brothers, Robert T Grose, Russell Kent Grose, Gilbert T Grose, and his sister Dorothy Humphrey.

Per Edwin’s request, no services will be held.