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Robert Jackson



 
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02/01/15 02:46 PM #3    

Lynn Willon (Kamm)

I didn't know that Bobby had died until the mid-seventies when Warren and I were in Pennsylvania and I visited all our old neighbors on Smithfield Road where I had grown up. I was visiting Mr. and Mrs. Strange--the Mr. Strange who was the biology teacher at UDHS--our neighbors, and they told me about Bobby's death. I remember being so stunned that I couldn't talk for a while except to keep saying, "Bobby? Bobby Jackson?"  Mrs. Strange got me a glass of water and she and Mr. Strange kept talking until I recovered enough to speak coherently. Later, I kept thinking of the time he asked me to dance at Canteen. I was so flattered and so nervous that I tripped all over my feet and his. I know he is missed by many many people. 


02/01/15 03:27 PM #4    

Kenneth Nallinger

One of my best friends. Very sad time during some of the best times of our lives. Hard to imagine at our age then. Continue to rest in peace. I remember his birthday as Dec. 2.


02/02/15 09:24 AM #5    

Susanne Hopkins (Butterfield)

Ken the cemetery web site has his birthday listed as the same day as his death date except for the change of years.  That could be a mistake.  I could look on Find a grave to see if there is a picture of his stone with dates.

I remember my mother telling me about his death.  I just couldn't understand why he had died.  


02/02/15 09:38 AM #6    

Susanne Hopkins (Butterfield)

Find a Grave has his death date as Dec. 30th 1969.


02/02/15 05:31 PM #7    

Patricia Norsworthy (Menig)

I remember the shock upon hearing of Bob Jackson's death at the 5 yr reunion. We don't really know people & all they keep inside. He seemed to have it all: brains, handsome, kind, athletic & yet something was missing from his life. Rest in peace Bob & know that you had many who admired you. 


02/03/15 02:35 PM #8    

Kenneth Nallinger

Susanne I agree on the date of death I just kinda remember his birthdate as Dec. 2. Terrible loss.


02/04/15 10:23 AM #9    

Susanne Hopkins (Butterfield)

Ken, I was just going by my source when I was looking for his death year.  Knowing that I often find mistakes in these scources you are probably correct.  I'll see if I can find another source.

 


06/07/15 01:53 PM #10    

Karen vanEs

Bobby and I share a birthday ......Dec.2 .....his mom and my mom were in Delaware County hospital together. A tragic loss of a handsome, talented young man. 


06/08/15 10:13 AM #11    

Kemble Matter

Kemble Matter also shares that birthday--Dec 2, but he was born in Women's Lying In Hospital, Phila.


03/15/17 05:52 PM #12    

Bill Sanders

Bob and I became close as juniors and seniors.  He was as talented as I was mediocre.  During the next few years we stayed in touch.  Bob had difficulty at UMaryland and moved back to center city around Rittenhouse Sq.  He visited me during the fall of '69 while I was at Bloomsburg.  He was clearly unhappy.  It was so difficult for me because Bob seemed to have it all together:  the grace, the athleticism, the humor.  When I was home during Christmas vacation of '69 we talked and I was going to meet him at a bookstore in center city.  I believe Fred Allison worked there, or perhaps, Fred was just going to meet us there.  The meeting didn't happen.  Bob lost his life and I became even more confused about what life was all about.  It was the worst New Year's Eve I have ever had.  Bickley was the poem , "The Athlete Dying Young."  Or, maybe Elton John's "Candle in the Wind."  


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