Robert Foote Griggs Jr. ’31

Robert F. Griggs Jr. died Dec. 8, 1996, in the Old Saybrook Convalescent Hospital in Old Saybrook, Conn. He was 88.

He prepared at the Taft School. He left Princeton at the end of our sophomore year to join R. F. Griggs Co., of Waterbury, Conn., which he served as a director and officer He later became purchasing agent for Naugatuck Glass Co., and a director of Clark Bros. Bolt Co.

In 1933 Bob married Anne Tranker, also of Waterbury, and they celebrated their 63rd wedding anniversary on Sept. 1, 1996. Anne died a week later, and Bob passed away three months thereafter. Their family arranged a memorial service honoring them both at Church of the Epiphany in Southbury on Dec. 14. They lived an oldfashioned love story!

Bob is survived by two daughters, Nancy G. Razee and Caroline Hyman, seven grandchildren, and six greatgrandchildren. A third daughter, Julie G. Pfeffer, died in 1985. The class extends its condolences to his family.

The Class of 1931