Robert Bruce Livy

LIVY, Robert Bruce, devoted son of E. Bruce and Marguerite F. Livy, died peacefully April 23, 2011 after a brief illness. Mr. Livy was a lifelong resident of Richmond, and communicant of St. Stephen's Episcopal Church. He attended St. Christopher's School, and graduated from Woodberry Forest School in 1954. He graduated from the University of Virginia in 1959, where he was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon. He served as an officer in the U.S. Navy Reserve. In 1974, he received his Master's in English Language and Literature from the University of Virginia. He taught at the Collegiate School for Boys for 24 years, where he was Head of the English Department, and served as advisor to the yearbook. He taught English and served as Aquatics Director for summer programs at Blue Ridge School in St. George, Va. for over 20 years. He served on the Board of the English Speaking Union and the Blue Ridge School. He was member of Torch Club of Richmond, the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, the Commonwealth Club, Country Club of Virginia and Farmington Country Club. Mr. Livy was preceded in death by his parents; and is survived by his cousins, R. Tucker Fulwiler of Baltimore, Maryland, and Robin F. Nohe of Purdys, New York. A graveside service will be held at 1 p.m. on Monday, May 2, at Thornrose Cemetery in Staunton. In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be made to the University of Virginia - E. Bruce Livy Endowment, P.O. Box 400807, Charlottesville, Va. 22904, or St. Stephen's Church, 6000 Grove Avenue, Richmond, Va. 23226. Arrangements have been entrusted to Reynolds Hamrick Funeral Homes & Crematory.


This obituary was originally published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.