ROBERT F. ENGLE

1949 - 2015

ROBERT FREMD ENGLE January 26, 1949 ~ February 23, 2015 Robert Fremd Engle (Bob Engle) - photographer, poet, and teacher, passed away at his home in Tujunga, California on February 23, 2015. Bob was born and raised in Red Bluff, California. He was the son of Edie Engle and Fred J. Engle, Jr. He was the nephew of the late United States Senator Clair Engle. Bob attended Antelope Elementary School (K-8), Red Bluff High School, the California State University at Humboldt and UC, Santa Barbara. He majored in English as he had a love of words, and also studied film-making. He went to Los Angeles to pursue a career in screenwriting, and gained some attention for his screenplay adaptation of The Rocking Horse Winner. However, he found himself drawn most to his love of photography which he developed as a young man. After working ten years at the Photographic Illustration Company in Burbank, California - where he mastered all aspects of shooting, processing, and printing negative and positive film on a variety of commercial equipment, he then began work at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. There, he was a photography instructor for 22 years. Bob Engle is survived by his son Erik, mother Edie, sister Christa-Maria, former partner and wife, Mary Jo Losso, sister-in-law Barbara and family. He is predeceased by father Fred Jr. and brother Fred III. A memorial service was held at the Valley Funeral Home in Burbank, California on March 29, 2015. A private burial for family was held on April 27, 2015 at the Oak Hill Cemetery in Red Bluff, California. An online guestbook remains open for personal comments at the following link:http://www.legacy.com/guestbooks/latimes/robert-fremd-engle-condolences/174401340?cid=full#sthash.Dlc8DkjX.dpbs