Sylvia Rosalyn (Schulze) Griffin was born on July 7, 1924, in Wright City, Missouri to Olga Rose (Jordan) and Rev. Wesley Otto Schulze. She spent the first seven years of her life in Missouri as her father ministered at several Methodist churches. The family moved to San Antonio in October of 1931. They lived there for six years before moving to Austin, where she graduated from Austin High School in 1941. She married Carroll Smith on Dec. 24, 1943, in Austin. He was killed in World War II when his plane was shot down over northern Italy on Oct. 21, 1944. She had a strong bond with in-laws, Mollie and Carroll Smith, throughout the rest of their lives. She married Lee Griffin on Jan. 20, 1946, in Portland. At the time, he was the pastor of the Methodist church in Portland. The couple served as a team through his appointments to 14 churches in the Southwest Texas Conference of The United Methodist Church. This included the First United Methodist Church in Uvalde from 1969-1976. They were also foster parents, caring for 45 foster children in 22 years. In 1984 the couple retired, moving to Canyon Lake where the family says they lived at Roadrunner’s Roost for 21 years, where they found joy in gatherings with family and friends. In 2005, the couple moved to Vista Village in New Braunfels. Griffin was preceded in death by her husband, the Rev. Lee Griffin, on July 2, 2009; one brother, the Rev. Wesley Schulze; one daughter-in-law, Jenny Griffin; and one grandson, Kelly Aaron Griffin. She is survived by three sons, the Rev. David Waid Griffin and wife, Bridgette, of Fort Worth, Timothy Lee Griffin and wife, Dannica Wood, of Oceanside, California, Wesley Carroll Griffin and wife, Jan, of Liberty Hill; and one daughter, Rebecca Lou Adams and husband, Tommy, of Adkins; nine grandchildren, Wesley Micah Griffin and wife, Abbey, Dr. John Michael Adams and wife, Amber, the Rev. Rachel Griffin Baughman and husband, Michael, James Lee Adams and wife, Renata, Matthew Wayne Griffin and wife, Ashleigh, Katherine Rose Hopkins and husband, Ryan, Matthew Kyle Parker and wife, Heather, Lindsey Elizabeth Griffin and husband, Kyle, and Kaylee Brielle Griffin; 16 great grandchildren, Griffin Ryan Shoemaker, William Brian Adams, Rebekah Anne Shoemaker, Sylvia Rose Baughman, Morgan Wesley Griffin, Micah William Griffin, Emma Ireline Griffin, Viola Marie Griffin, Mercedes Noel Hopkins, Thomas Aiden Baughman, Thomas James Adams, Evangeline Rose Hopkins, Katherine Nicole Adams, Heidi Christiana Hopkins, Emmaline Jolyn Parker, and Lucy Claire Griffin; two sisters-in-law, Jo Hillman Griffin of Weatherford, and Ann Schulze of San Antonio; and numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.