‘He will be missed.’ Man who died in fiery crash leaves behind wife and five kids.

REXBURG — Bryan Grover will be known as a man who was happy, upbeat, genuine and above all, would help people.

“I think the thing that stands out to me was his concern for others. He was always helping, even when he had plenty on his plate to do. He would drop what he was doing and go and help. It was a Christlike quality,” Matt Grover said of his son Bryan. 

Bryan died on June 25 in a vehicle crash on U.S. Highway 20 in Madison County. Family members have created a GoFundMe confirming Bryan was in the crash.

“It’s going to be a big hole that will never probably be filled, but he lived a good life,” Matt said. 

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Bryan was 33. He lived in the Lyman area with his wife Hayley and five young children. He liked to go camping and four-wheeling with his family. 

Hayley provided a statement to EastIdahoNews.com about her husband. 

“Bryan was loving, hardworking, and always trying to make others laugh. Bryan could fix anything, whether it be a car, electronics, or household appliances. He was remarkably inquisitive when it came to mechanics and made sure to stay busy with projects he could tinker with. This hobby was second only to spending time with his kids. Bryan leaves behind 5 kids ages 11 years to 11 months who he loved dearly. I could go on forever about what kind of person he was. Suffieth to say, Bryan will be missed by many and forgotten by none who knew him.”

According to his obituary, he graduated from Brigham Young University-Idaho in 2016, earning his certification as a Master Mechanic and his bachelor’s degree in Advanced Automotive Systems. 

His father said Bryan was at the top of his class, and he learned how to fix vehicles growing up.  

“I have been kind of a car guy all my life. Bryan, he grew up being a little gear head like his dad,” Matt said. “He was always fixing cars or four-wheelers. You go out to his garage, and it looks like a dealership with all the parts.” 

He worked at Tadd Jenkins Chevrolet in Rigby as the parts manager. 

“I know at work, they speak really highly of him. They loved him, and he loved what he did there as well,” Matt said. 

Bryan’s older brother Blake said he would miss him. The two were nine years apart, and Blake recalls what he was like as a young kid. 

“He was very rambunctious. He and my younger brother Brady were like twins. They were a mischievous pair,” he said. 

Blake said everyone recently had gotten together for Memorial Day breakfast. They were used to seeing each other on the holidays. 

“The next coming days, weeks, months, years…it’s going to be tough,” Blake said through tears. 

A GoFundMe that Blake created for his brother’s family to help with funeral costs has raised over $16,000 out of a $20,000 goal as of Tuesday morning. 

“It’s just amazing how many people have stepped up and helped. That speaks volumes on the kind of guy he was,” Matt said. 

He shared what he will miss most about his son: a daily phone call. 

“I’m trying not to get emotional here,” Matt said, crying. “He would call me every day, like 5 or 5:30 on his way home. He’d call and say: ‘What’s up, dad!’ We were really close. We liked to do a lot of the same things. But he was always checking in to see how things were. We are going to miss him.”