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William Herbert Griswold

Hartford, Connecticut

1928 - 2022

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William Herbert Griswold (Griz/Grizzy), of East Windsor, CT, passed away peacefully at home after a brief illness on September 7, 2022, at the age of 94. Griz or Grizzy, as he always wanted to be called, was born on June 6, 1928, in Hartford, Connecticut to Herbert Henry and May (Gage) Griswold....

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My condolences to whole family.I personally learned more from this teacher in 1975 the last 6 months of my high school than I did all 3 years previous in a class called law concepts. He taught about how to understand and do your own taxes ,he taught about buying you 1st house and how your car payments are what's going to be "2nd highest Bill you'll ever have" ican remember.Always a little intimidating to me,I mean he was a teacher and we still did have some kind of respect unlike today. I...

I have often told my children the only reason i graduated was due to the "optional make up sessions" BRIGHT and early on Saturday mornings prior to graduation that Mr. Griswold presented as an option to myself and several others who had made optional choices vs attending our regular class assignments that had our up an coming graduation at risk. With that gleam in his eye off I went Saturday morning for quite a few weeks. At the time, I was not thrilled nor was I looking forward to...

With deepest sympathy to your family on the death of Grizzy. Long time friend in Granby. When he moved to Arizona and RV living, Bill and I looked forward to his and Alice's summer trek east because we'd get a phone call saying they were here and could we meet for breakfast at TonyAnn's? Sure! Bill's Alzheimer's, the Pandemic, age all took that away a while ago. One of many good memories to hold dear. Pat

Deepest sympathies for your loss, your neighbors at 57 Elm Street Thoughts and prayers are with you at this time.

Ed and I send our deepest sympathy to Grizzy´s family. We both have fond memories of him as our Business Ed teacher, homeroom teacher, senior class advisor and his famous lunch time beverage known as Grizzy´s Fizzy. He was not only a good teacher but one who knew how to relate to his students in a fun way. I will always remember that while while he was my homeroom teacher he nicknamed me Lulu. I have always been grateful that our high school offered his Business Ed class where we learned how...