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Robert Ingersoll Obituary

Anchorage resident Robert "Bob" Gerry Ingersoll, 51, died suddenly of natural causes July 16, 2007, in Cooper Landing while on a camping trip.
A graveside service was held July 24 at the Pioneer Cemetery in Palmer with the Rev. Jim Strutz of the Anchorage City Church officiating. A celebration of life ceremony will be at Anchorage City Church at a later date.
Robert was born Oct. 24, 1955, in Tonasket, Wash., to Bruce Kempton Ingersoll and Anita Marie Davidson. His family moved to Alaska five years later and settled where the family home still remains on the lower Hillside. When Robert was 14, his father married Janet Smith Batres Ingersoll, the woman Robert considered his mother.
Robert was one of the first to attend the newly built Service High School, his family wrote.
After years of working for others, Robert founded his own carpet cleaning business in 1989, Delux Care Associates. He was a proud member of the Better Business Bureau.
His family wrote: "A born-again Christian, Robert worked daily to incorporate his beliefs into his life and business. Robert exchanged commitment vows with his longtime love, Kim Terhune, in a private ceremony in 2005.
"Robert had several hobbies at which he excelled. In addition to reading, he had a fondness for movies and maintained an impressive collection. He kept freshwater fish, creating many beautiful tanks in his home and happily shared his skills with others. Robert had an especially good eye for beauty in nature. Indoors or out, he was an avid gardener; an industrial parking lot flourished with his self-designed patio and container garden.
"Robert will be greatly missed. He was generous. He was thoughtful and thorough when he set his mind to something. We remember his campy, cheerful humor and loving ways. His good heart will not be forgotten."
Robert is survived by his life mate, Kim Terhune; mother, Janet Ingersoll; sisters, Bernice Ingersoll of Seattle and Sevilla Ingersoll of King Cove; and brothers, Tony Batres and Dion Batres of Anchorage, David Ingersoll of Seattle and Glenn Ingersoll of Berkeley, Calif.
Robert was preceded in death by his brother, Bruce Kempton Ingersoll Jr.; father, Bruce Kempton Ingersoll Sr.; and grandmother, Bernice Kempton Ingersoll.

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Published by Anchorage Daily News on Aug. 19, 2007.

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Randy Niesen

August 13, 2024

My condolences to the entire family of Robert Ingersoll. Robert, my late wife (Patricia Bartee Niesen) and I (Randy Niesen) were good friends for many years, and he has been missed.

Randy, & Patricia Niesen

August 20, 2007

Robert was an old, and dear friend, to both of us. We all shared some cherished moments, which will never be forgotten. We knew Robert both as a neighbor, and school buddy, dating back to approx. 1968, and perhaps even earlier. We spent nearly every weekend down at the movie theater together, with our dates. He was a good friend, who liked to have fun, but also had his mischevious moments too, such as one night after returning our Friday night dates back to their homes, as I approaching a curve on the highway, Robert just reached over a took a firm grip on the steering wheel. The result was that instead of going around the curve, we coninued to go straight, right thru a snow bank, and ended up facing backwards, and high centered in approx. 4 feet of snow. Robert of coarse was getting quite a laugh out of this, while I was quite ticked off at him for it. I had to walk to the nearest house, and luckily someone was still up, and they allowed me to use the telephone to call for a wrecker to tow us out. Well, approx. 2 hrs later the wrecker arrived, and we were set free from the snow bank again. Robert was a pickle like that sometimes, but you just couldn't help but like him anyway. He will be missed by all of us who knew him. Rest in Peace Robert.

Chris Lindeman

August 20, 2007

Hello. I am a friend of Sevilla's, and I am sorry for your loss. --Chris Lindeman

David Ingersoll

August 19, 2007

Rest in Peace Brother. May the next road be smooth and the wind be at your back.

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