Granby Obituary: Charles Griffin II, 62

Charles “Chip” Fleming Griffin II, 62, of East Hartland, passed away peacefully at his home on September 22, 2017.

He leaves his son, Charles Fleming Griffin III and his wife Mary Beth of Clifton, NJ; his mother, Melba (Trott) Griffin of Granby; two sisters, Cynthia (Griffin) Gluth and her husband James of Granby and Martha Griffin-Weis and her husband Jerry of Granby; a nephew, Daniel J. Conley of Granby; two nieces, Leighton Murphy and her husband Brian of Granby and Kate A. Griffin of Newington. He was predeceased by his father, Fred Fleming Griffin in 2014.

Chip attended Westledge School in Simsbury, was a former member of VOAG and Future Farmers of America, and a graduate of Granby Memorial High School, Class of 1974. Chip was a dedicated firefighter and took great pride in being a former member of the Lost Acres Fire Department and a 20-year member of the East Hartland Fire Department where he served as a past president. He especially enjoyed sharing his culinary skills each year working on the department’s annual Game Dinner and Firemen’s Carnival.

He was a talented welder and fabricator and a dedicated worker at Grimshaw Tree Service in Windsor. Like his Dad, Chip always had a great joke or story to tell. He loved nature, his 26-year-old cat Merc, and to cook, fish, and was especially proud of his work at the family farm, Old Homestead Farm in Granby. He will be missed by all who knew him and remembered most dearly for the size of his heart.

Services will be held at the East Hartland Fire House on Thursday, September 28, at 2 p.m., with a reception immediately following hosted in Chip’s honor by his fellow fire fighters.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in his memory to the East Hartland Fire Department, 22 South Rd., East Hartland, CT 06027.