Robert Lowell Griggs

Robert Lowell Griggs, 83, died on June 22, 2014 at Forest Park Health Center in Carlisle. Born in Lakewood, New Jersey on February 28, 1931 to the late George Clinton and Blanche (Clayton) Griggs.
After graduating from Lakewood High School in 1949, he joined the New Jersey National Guard and worked on blimps at Lakehurst Naval Air Station. In 1957he began his title searching career and in 1959 he moved to Pennsylvania to work for Berks Title Insurance Company in Harrisburg. He established Cumberland County Abstract Company in 1962 and Cumberland-Perry Abstract in 1985, both are title research companies.
His love of sailing began at the age of 16 when he received his first sailboat. In the 1980's he spent many weekends sailing the Chesapeake. He enjoyed traveling to Historical sites, needle work, model trains and genealogy.
He is survived by Barbara Ann (Palmer) Griggs, his former wife and the mother of his four surviving children- Sharon Lee Griggs, and her daughter (Heather M Harbaugh) Kathy Ann Griggs, and her son (John C. Griggs) and Debra Lynne (Griggs) Frey, and her children (Courtney E. Frey & Angela N Frey) all of Carlisle, and son Gregory Walter Griggs and his children (Morgan D. Griggs, Ian M. Griggs, Dylan S. Griggs, Rhiannan B. Griggs) of Oceanside, California, Granddaughter Lisa Mcilvain one brother, Ramon Eugene Griggs of Lakeland, Florida, four great-grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews. He is preceded in death in addition to his parents, by two brothers Theron Clinton and John Wesley Griggs, sister, Alma Elizabeth Griggs, and Daughter, Cheryl Lynn Mcilvain.
A Time of Remembrance will be held at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday July 1, 2014 at Hoffman-Roth Funeral Home and Crematory Inc. 219 North Hanover Street, Carlisle with Rev. Gregory Hench officiating. A visitation will be held from 6:00 p.m. Tuesday until the time of the service at the funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimer's Foundation of America or American Cancer Association.
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