Robert Vincent Grilli

ROBERT V. GRILLI passed away on Friday, August 16, 2024, peacefully in his home in Houston, TX. He reunites with his wife Dorothy P. Grilli, sons William A. Grilli and James V. Grilli, and daughter Kathleen E. Grilli. He was born in New York, NY on October 31st, 1935 to proud immigrant parents Alphonso L. Grilli and Mildred A. Grilli.
He is survived by his daughter Amy Jelonek and her husband Frederick Jelonek, his son Daniel Grilli and his wife Cathy, and his younger brother Victor Grilli, as well as his grandchildren, Alicia Gandara, Amanda Stergianopolous, Elyse Grilli, Kathryn Gellerup, Alexandra White, Gabriella Grilli, Daniel Grilli, and Dominic Grilli, and great-grandchildren Jacobo and Sophie Gandara, Leon Stergianoplous, and Oliver, Vincent, and Otto Gellerup.
Robert was a former NASA engineer at the Johnson Space center, who worked on many Apollo Missions, including the first Lunar Landing, and the Space Shuttle Program, for which he received many awards. He was also a proud member of the US Navy who traveled the world before he met his wife while stationed in Florida. While raising their five children, he was also stationed in Alaska, California, and New York before finally settling in Clear Lake in 1972, to later raise his granddaughter as well. He will be fondly remembered as a generous man who loved to entertain and shared his wife's passion for classic films.
Military Honors will begin at Saturday, August 24th, 2024 10:00 am at Crowder Funeral Home – Webster, followed by a service.