GRIGG, ROBERT LAFFIN Robert L. Grigg passed away Monday (July 25, 2016) at Hartford Hospital. He was born in Wakefield, Massachusetts, December 8, 1932, the only child of the late Grace (Crosby) Grigg and Paul M. Grigg. He lived in Colebrook for the majority of his life. He is survived by the love of his life, wife, Anna (Merli) Grigg, daughters, Robin G. Tillotson (husband A. Richard) and Patty Merli (partner William Van Winkle); sons Robert Merli (wife Wendy) and Dan Merli (wife Donna); seven grandchildren and one great-granddaughter. Mr. Grigg attended the Lyndon Institute in Lyndon, Vermont and Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts. He served in the Navy during the Korean conflict primarily on the submarine USS Bowfin as a Signalman. His career was as a cartographer working at Hammond Maps in New Jersey where one of his achievements was his work on the globe still displayed at the former Daily News building in New York City. He volunteered extensively throughout his life as a firefighter for the Winsted Fire Department, Curator for the Colebrook Historical Society, on the Board of Directors for the Colebrook Land Conservancy and Town Historian for the Town of Colebrook. His passion was history and he wrote a weekly article "Historic Bytes" for the Winsted Journal. He participated in area archeological digs, was official photographer for numerous town events and was a major component to the Colebrook Consolidated School "Rock School Day" where schoolchildren would spend the day at the one-room Rock School learning how children from the past learned at school. Because of his extensive help in assisting the Chinese equivalent of Public Television for research of 1800's Chinese Yale student Fun Tang (who died in Colebrook and was buried there) he was invited to and visited China as their official guest. Bob was a genuine treasure to the community, eager to help and always a reliable source of information, historic data and amusing anecdotes. As a friend has said, losing Bob was like seeing a "library burn down". He was loved and will be missed by many. A Memorial Service will be held on Sunday, August 7, at 2 p.m., at the Colebrook Congregational Church, Colebrook Center. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Colebrook Historical Society or the Colebrook Land Conservancy. Services will be private.