Robert James Winnick

1943 - 2003

Robert James Winnick, 59, Bobby to his friends, passed away on his mother's birthday, Thursday, Feb. 13, 2003.

Funeral: 11:30 a.m. Monday in Greenwood Chapel. Visitation: 4 to 6 p.m. Sunday at Greenwood Funeral Home.

Memorials: Gifts may be made to Arlington Heights Alumni Association, 6387-B Camp Bowie Blvd., No. 267, Fort Worth, Texas 76116.

Robert "Bob" James Winnick was born Sept. 15, 1943.

Bobby, a Fort Worth native and the son of Jack and Flora Winnick, graduated from Arlington Heights High School in 1961. He married his high school sweetheart, Myrna Kay Shropshire, on Aug. 30, 1963. "We've known each other since we were 13 years old," said Myrna. "We had our first date when we were 16, and he proposed as he did on every date after that. He's been in my life for 46 years."

Bobby graduated from North Texas State University in 1968 with a bachelor of arts in education and history. He taught English at Stripling Junior High School for a year before becoming a systems analyst with IBM in 1968. Bobby worked with computer systems for the rest of his life in various capacities and with a number of different companies. Bobby's lifelong interest in psychology led him to Texas Christian University, where he received a master's degree in 1977.

Bobby was an exceptionally intelligent, caring and tender man whose generous spirit touched many people. Family and friends were his prime focus. He had an innate ability to make friends of strangers, but also managed to maintain close contact with many of his school friends from elementary through college. He was always a great source of comfort and support to his family during hard times, dispensing wisdom, food and humor as prescriptions.

Bobby's wit and sense of humor were sources of unending pleasure, and spending an evening dining and conversing with Bobby and Myrna was always a joyous experience. Those who were fortunate enough to experience Bobby's cooking will never forget it. He was an accomplished gourmet cook who loved to feed his friends and family.

Survivors: Loving wife and best friend, Myrna Shropshire Winnick; sister, Joan Carter of Fort Worth and her children, Caety, Jimmy, Virginia and Troy; sister, Barbara and husband, Ray Williams, of Dallas, and their children, Mike, Mark and Kelly; and Myrna's brother, Tim Shropshire and wife, Sherry McGlochlin, of Boulder, Colo.