Bobby Lee Griswold passed away at Hospice Austin's Christopher House on April 27, 2012.
He was born at home in Merkel, Texas to Bonnie Alice Campbell Griswold and Ollie Griswold. His happiest childhood memories were of visiting Aunt Johnny and Aunt Irene's home where they would play the piano and let him eat vegetables straight from their garden. He and his friends made most of their own toys, but a favorite possession was his pocket knife.
Bobby was very industrious as a child; he worked cleaning chicken coops, sweeping the drug store, folding papers, bagging groceries, picking cotton, and harvesting sugar cane. When Bobby and his mother moved to Abilene, he dropped out of school to work full-time at an optical shop where he learned to grind lenses. Continuing to hold a strong work ethic as an adult, he loaded trucks, followed the wheat harvest, drove a taxi, and worked as a park ranger at Mesa Verde National Park. Bobby joined the navy July 16, 1952 and while on leave met his true love, Gena Marie Powell. They were married for 52 years. He left the navy on July 10, 1956.
With the encouragement of his wife, he earned his GED and used the GI Bill to go to College. He obtained Bachelor's and Master's degrees in History at North Texas State University. He taught middle school and high school in Texas and Arizona but eventually found his calling as a community college instructor in Miles City, Montana. He found pleasure in teaching and developing curriculum for his history, sociology, and political science classes. He went to great lengths to ensure the success of his students and alumni would often express appreciation for his enrichment of their lives. Like the president he admired most, Abraham Lincoln, Bob struggled with melancholy but seemed to find solace in his work.
Bob was always interested to meet people from different walks of life and other parts of the world. Wherever people were from, he knew something about their home or background that he used to make a connection. Bob had a long-standing concern about the environment, population density, and the widening discrepancy in wealth distribution between the 99% and the 1%.
Bobby loved his children and grandchildren. He said the hardest thing for him to leave in this world was granddaughter's soft hand.
Bobby was preceded in death by his beloved wife Gena Griswold, his brother Jim Griswold, his mother, Bonnie A. Griswold and his brother-in-law Paul Powel.
He is survived by his daughter Phyllis Jacoby and son-in-law Steve Jacoby of Austin, Texas; daughter Cara (Carrie) Griswold and partner Deborah Briggs of Kansas City, Missouri; daughter Cheryl (Beryl) Covone of Austin, Texas; son Karl Griswold and daughter-in-law Sara Zahendra of Lyme, New Hampshire; grandchildren Isaac Griswold-Steiner, Nils Griswold-Steiner, Connor Jacoby, Ruben Covone and Lydia Covone.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Miles Community College Endowment Fund or the Nature Conservancy.
He was born at home in Merkel, Texas to Bonnie Alice Campbell Griswold and Ollie Griswold. His happiest childhood memories were of visiting Aunt Johnny and Aunt Irene's home where they would play the piano and let him eat vegetables straight from their garden. He and his friends made most of their own toys, but a favorite possession was his pocket knife.
Bobby was very industrious as a child; he worked cleaning chicken coops, sweeping the drug store, folding papers, bagging groceries, picking cotton, and harvesting sugar cane. When Bobby and his mother moved to Abilene, he dropped out of school to work full-time at an optical shop where he learned to grind lenses. Continuing to hold a strong work ethic as an adult, he loaded trucks, followed the wheat harvest, drove a taxi, and worked as a park ranger at Mesa Verde National Park. Bobby joined the navy July 16, 1952 and while on leave met his true love, Gena Marie Powell. They were married for 52 years. He left the navy on July 10, 1956.
With the encouragement of his wife, he earned his GED and used the GI Bill to go to College. He obtained Bachelor's and Master's degrees in History at North Texas State University. He taught middle school and high school in Texas and Arizona but eventually found his calling as a community college instructor in Miles City, Montana. He found pleasure in teaching and developing curriculum for his history, sociology, and political science classes. He went to great lengths to ensure the success of his students and alumni would often express appreciation for his enrichment of their lives. Like the president he admired most, Abraham Lincoln, Bob struggled with melancholy but seemed to find solace in his work.
Bob was always interested to meet people from different walks of life and other parts of the world. Wherever people were from, he knew something about their home or background that he used to make a connection. Bob had a long-standing concern about the environment, population density, and the widening discrepancy in wealth distribution between the 99% and the 1%.
Bobby loved his children and grandchildren. He said the hardest thing for him to leave in this world was granddaughter's soft hand.
Bobby was preceded in death by his beloved wife Gena Griswold, his brother Jim Griswold, his mother, Bonnie A. Griswold and his brother-in-law Paul Powel.
He is survived by his daughter Phyllis Jacoby and son-in-law Steve Jacoby of Austin, Texas; daughter Cara (Carrie) Griswold and partner Deborah Briggs of Kansas City, Missouri; daughter Cheryl (Beryl) Covone of Austin, Texas; son Karl Griswold and daughter-in-law Sara Zahendra of Lyme, New Hampshire; grandchildren Isaac Griswold-Steiner, Nils Griswold-Steiner, Connor Jacoby, Ruben Covone and Lydia Covone.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Miles Community College Endowment Fund or the Nature Conservancy.
Bobby Lee Griswold passed away at Hospice Austin's Christopher House on April 27, 2012.
He was born at home in Merkel, Texas to Bonnie Alice Campbell Griswold and Ollie Griswold. His happiest childhood memories were of visiting Aunt Johnny and Aunt Irene's home where they would play the piano and let him eat vegetables straight from their garden. He and his friends made most of their own toys, but a favorite possession was his pocket knife.
Bobby was very industrious as a child; he worked cleaning chicken coops, sweeping the drug store, folding papers, bagging groceries, picking cotton, and harvesting sugar cane. When Bobby and his mother moved to Abilene, he dropped out of school to work full-time at an optical shop where he learned to grind lenses. Continuing to hold a strong work ethic as an adult, he loaded trucks, followed the wheat harvest, drove a taxi, and worked as a park ranger at Mesa Verde National Park. Bobby joined the navy July 16, 1952 and while on leave met his true love, Gena Marie Powell. They were married for 52 years. He left the navy on July 10, 1956.
With the encouragement of his wife, he earned his GED and used the GI Bill to go to College. He obtained Bachelor's and Master's degrees in History at North Texas State University. He taught middle school and high school in Texas and Arizona but eventually found his calling as a community college instructor in Miles City, Montana. He found pleasure in teaching and developing curriculum for his history, sociology, and political science classes. He went to great lengths to ensure the success of his students and alumni would often express appreciation for his enrichment of their lives. Like the president he admired most, Abraham Lincoln, Bob struggled with melancholy but seemed to find solace in his work.
Bob was always interested to meet people from different walks of life and other parts of the world. Wherever people were from, he knew something about their home or background that he used to make a connection. Bob had a long-standing concern about the environment, population density, and the widening discrepancy in wealth distribution between the 99% and the 1%.
Bobby loved his children and grandchildren. He said the hardest thing for him to leave in this world was granddaughter's soft hand.
Bobby was preceded in death by his beloved wife Gena Griswold, his brother Jim Griswold, his mother, Bonnie A. Griswold and his brother-in-law Paul Powel.
He is survived by his daughter Phyllis Jacoby and son-in-law Steve Jacoby of Austin, Texas; daughter Cara (Carrie) Griswold and partner Deborah Briggs of Kansas City, Missouri; daughter Cheryl (Beryl) Covone of Austin, Texas; son Karl Griswold and daughter-in-law Sara Zahendra of Lyme, New Hampshire; grandchildren Isaac Griswold-Steiner, Nils Griswold-Steiner, Connor Jacoby, Ruben Covone and Lydia Covone.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Miles Community College Endowment Fund or the Nature Conservancy.
He was born at home in Merkel, Texas to Bonnie Alice Campbell Griswold and Ollie Griswold. His happiest childhood memories were of visiting Aunt Johnny and Aunt Irene's home where they would play the piano and let him eat vegetables straight from their garden. He and his friends made most of their own toys, but a favorite possession was his pocket knife.
Bobby was very industrious as a child; he worked cleaning chicken coops, sweeping the drug store, folding papers, bagging groceries, picking cotton, and harvesting sugar cane. When Bobby and his mother moved to Abilene, he dropped out of school to work full-time at an optical shop where he learned to grind lenses. Continuing to hold a strong work ethic as an adult, he loaded trucks, followed the wheat harvest, drove a taxi, and worked as a park ranger at Mesa Verde National Park. Bobby joined the navy July 16, 1952 and while on leave met his true love, Gena Marie Powell. They were married for 52 years. He left the navy on July 10, 1956.
With the encouragement of his wife, he earned his GED and used the GI Bill to go to College. He obtained Bachelor's and Master's degrees in History at North Texas State University. He taught middle school and high school in Texas and Arizona but eventually found his calling as a community college instructor in Miles City, Montana. He found pleasure in teaching and developing curriculum for his history, sociology, and political science classes. He went to great lengths to ensure the success of his students and alumni would often express appreciation for his enrichment of their lives. Like the president he admired most, Abraham Lincoln, Bob struggled with melancholy but seemed to find solace in his work.
Bob was always interested to meet people from different walks of life and other parts of the world. Wherever people were from, he knew something about their home or background that he used to make a connection. Bob had a long-standing concern about the environment, population density, and the widening discrepancy in wealth distribution between the 99% and the 1%.
Bobby loved his children and grandchildren. He said the hardest thing for him to leave in this world was granddaughter's soft hand.
Bobby was preceded in death by his beloved wife Gena Griswold, his brother Jim Griswold, his mother, Bonnie A. Griswold and his brother-in-law Paul Powel.
He is survived by his daughter Phyllis Jacoby and son-in-law Steve Jacoby of Austin, Texas; daughter Cara (Carrie) Griswold and partner Deborah Briggs of Kansas City, Missouri; daughter Cheryl (Beryl) Covone of Austin, Texas; son Karl Griswold and daughter-in-law Sara Zahendra of Lyme, New Hampshire; grandchildren Isaac Griswold-Steiner, Nils Griswold-Steiner, Connor Jacoby, Ruben Covone and Lydia Covone.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Miles Community College Endowment Fund or the Nature Conservancy.
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