Kimberly (Dreyer) Grondin

Hampton - Kimberly (Dreyer) Grondin, 68, of Hampton, NH passed away peacefully in her home on Tuesday December 23, 2025. She was surrounded by the love of friends and family at that time and during the weeks before her passing. Kim was born in Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts on January 13, 1957 to Robertine and Charles Dreyer. She was the middle of their three beautiful daughters. Through her father’s career as an airplane calibration specialist for the Air Force, the family lived in many places throughout the U.S. and Kim had many fond memories of the joy and adventures of growing up in places like New Jersey, Colorado, Puerto Rico and North Dakota. Though they moved often, the family camp in Maine remained constant and was a place of solitude and peace for Kim for her entire life. The Dreyer Family finally settled in North Hampton and Kim attended North Hampton School and later Winnacunnet High School where she created friendships she carried throughout her life. It is also during this time that she met and fell in love with the love of her life, Kevin Grondin. Kim was accepted as a nursing student at UNH and when she developed Hodgkins Lymphoma during her Junior year, she fought hard to stay in school, something she did with the help of professors and fellow students. Her decision to keep up her studies despite these challenges was not the norm of the day and it is this same grit and determination she carried to all aspects of her life which made her truly exceptional. She graduated with her class, being chosen as the speaker of the class and receiving a standing ovation at graduation for her exceptional effort. After that she moved to Pennsylvania to pursue a career at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia as a Pediatric Oncology Nurse. She took on this difficult job, treating every child as her own, since her cancer treatments left doctors believing she would be unable to have children of her own. These patients taught Kim so much of what is truly important in life and their impression on her was lasting. During this decade spent in Pennsylvania she became close to her Pennsylvanian Dreyer family and met more lifelong friends whose love continued to be a source of strength for her to the very end. After reconnecting with her first love, Kevin, Kim decided to move back to NH in 1989 and the couple married in July of that year. Much to their joy and surprise, Kim was able to have their first child, Leah, in 1990 and their second, Kody, in 1992. Kim was truly meant to be a mother and after retiring from nursing, embraced this role wholeheartedly. Known to be “a mother to many”, Kim was always available to lend a listening ear. She was slow to judgement and gave advice with the wisdom of someone much older. She will always be cherished and remembered for the kind and numerous ways she guided all those around her with love. While she raised her family, Kim continued to care for all of Kevin’s surfer friends with her nursing background. Her constant presence at the beach with her husband and kids made her a fixture in the surfing community of Hampton, a group of friends that were more like family and by whom she will be deeply missed. Kim was also quick to go on an adventure, traveling extensively with her family. Kim was a talented sewist and created many a custom garment for those she loved. She took up photography later in life as a way to capture her husband’s surfing ventures and their life together. Her creative legacy lives on through projects and pictures throughout the lives of those closest to her. Kim’s most recent role as Grandma was one of her favorites. Kim created many memories and a deep impression in her short time as a grandmother and she will live on in her beloved granddaughters Lily, Isabelle and Maeve. Kim’s life can be remembered as one of joy, love and adventure. Though she battled Hodgkins Lymphoma and later heart failure, lung disease, kidney disease, and breast cancer as the result of her treatments in the 70’s, these challenges created a foundation of determination and a passion for finding new ways to improve health rather than an excuse to miss out on what mattered most. Kim fought through these health challenges with her signature gentle warmth and a strong positive mindset, making friends at every doctor’s office, hospital floor and lab she visited. Simultaneously, she lived her life to the fullest, always at the heart of family gatherings and with a social calendar full of friends. She will be missed endlessly by all who knew her. Her true gift for bringing people together will be her legacy and we will continue to remember her with joy and gratefulness for the many ways she touched the lives of those who knew her. Kim is predeceased by her father, Charles Dreyer, father-in-law Francis Grondin, mother-in-law Virginia Grondin, sister-in-law Carylyn Grondin and brother-in-law Allen Grondin as well as by many beloved aunts, uncles, cousins, friends and patients. Kim leaves behind her husband Kevin Grondin, her daughter Leah Piersiak & son-in-law Robert Piersiak and their children Lily, Isabelle and Maeve Piersiak, her son Kody Grondin & daughter-in-law Laurence Grondin, her mother Robertine Dreyer, sister Lisa Jones, sister Barbara Mackelprang and sister-in-law Marylyn Grondin as well as many dear aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces, nephews and friends. A wake will be held from 4-8 pm on Monday, January 5, 2026 at the Remick & Gendron Funeral Home-Crematory in Hampton. A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at 11 am on Tuesday January 6, 2026 at Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal Parish in Hampton. Burial will follow in the High Street Cemetery, Hampton. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Kim’s name to Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation to help support families and fund research to find a cure for childhood cancer.

Kimberly (Dreyer) Grondin

January 13, 1957 - December 23, 2025