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Robert L. Warnock Sr.

Los Angeles, California

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Warnock, Sr., Robert L. Robert L. Warnock Sr. passed away on November 9th, at the age of 77, from complications related to Post Polio Syndrome. A graduate of Stanford University, Bob Warnock married his college sweetheart Suzanne Sargent, and began raising a family in his native San Pedro,...

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Message from Art Thompson read at Memorial by Gordon:

Bob and I were born in 1927, delivered by each other's Dad's. We grew up together--lots of fun and some mischief. We had one year together at the early day Chadwick school, where he continued when I went back to public school. We shared experiences in the cabin near Barton Flats; and started at Stanford together in '44. And we had lots of adventures with your mother and my then wife, Roberta, on campus and at our rental in...

Dear Family,

The news about Bob is sad, yet I can understand his family's "sense of completeness." Didn't Bob live to the fullest, not letting limitations imposed by polio get in his way! In 1990 when he and Sue traveled the U.S. in their RV, they gave us a call here in the Boston area. We spent a lovely day together taking in historical sites and, joined by Chuck, visited over dinner and "far into the evening." Bob's RV rig for getting himself in and out of the drivers' seat...

May 2002: Bob at Art's 75th; talking with Art's son David, Marilyn Tucker and Phyllis Woodruff

Our mother Ruth and Bob's mother,
Marion, were first cousins. Our
family ties were strong, through family gatherings organized by
the Rogers Family relatives. Our fathers graduated from Stanford Medical School together. The Rogers
brothers and sisters of our grandparent generation were very loyal to each other. They took turns supporting each other until all
finished college and grad school.
Four of the brothers were doctors: LLewellyn, Arthur, Fred...

I last visted in person with Robert at Art Thompson's 75th birthday in Newport Beach. He had a nice spark to his intellect, conversation, and throughly enjoyed the event. I was very young when we first were acquainted through our family gatherings of the Millers, Rogers, Thompsons and Warnocks, but they are all fond memories. We corresponded a bit on email in recent years since he was able to identify some of the old timers in a famous 1920s era photo of a large family gathering at a classic...

Remembered with love. Born, raised, played, and educated together, much as the brother I never had. --2nd cousin Art