ROBERT W. STANSELL

STANSELL, Robert W., age 74, of Richmond, died September 28, 2011, after a long illness. He is survived by his wife, Linda Tuck Stansell; children, Betsy Stansell Brown of Mechanicsville, Kathryn Culver (Jeff) of Detroit Lakes, Minn., Robert Bruce Stansell (Ashley) of Winston-Salem, N.C.; stepson, William Bradford Hoffler (Kendall) of Manakin Sabot; grandchildren, Dion and Stefan Culver, Matthew, Joy, Hannah and Benjamin Stansell, and Anna, Jack, William and Ty Hoffler. Mr. Stansell is also survived by a brother, Thomas A. Stansell Jr. (Dennie) of Los Angeles; and sisters, Rochele Hirsch of Singapore and Martha Stansell Vogel (Kurt) of Mechanicsville. Mr. Stansell was born December 15, 1936 in Richmond and graduated from Hermitage High School in 1955. He was awarded a full scholarship by the DuPont Company to the University of Virginia, where he received a degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1959 and was a member of the Engineering Honor Society Tau Beta Pi, Trigon Engineering Society, the Raven Society and the Thomas Jefferson Society. After beginning his career in Milwaukee and Baltimore, Mr. Stansell was employed by Luck Stone Corporation in Richmond as an engineer for more than 30 years; he retired as Director of Process Development. He was a pioneer in the automation of aggregates processing and was co-author of a book on automation in the aggregates industry. Mr. Stansell was active at St. John's Episcopal Church in Warsaw, Va., where he served on the vestry, managed the endowment fund, taught Sunday school, and was a chalicer and lay reader. He was also active at The Church of the Epiphany in Richmond, where he served on the vestry and was a lay reader. Services will be held at The Church of the Epiphany (Episcopal), 8000 Hermitage Road on Saturday, October 8 at 11 a.m. with a reception afterwards. The family requests that in lieu of flowers donations be made to the Alzheimer's Association.


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