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1939
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2019
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Robert Wingard Obituary
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Richard Bothmer
September 2, 2019
Robert and I were friends since the second grade at Pleasant Hill Elementary, a little country school outside of Austin,Texas. Robert was always one of the smartest in the class and one of the best athletes. He was a little league star early on. He and I put a lot of miles on our bikes in those days. Fond memories.
Robert and Carol visited us about ten years ago in NH. I dragged out some old gloves and we tossed the ball around. He still had that easy fluid motion he had fifty years before.
We jousted politically over emails many a time. We were polar opposites but it always brought a smile to my face when I saw I had an email from Robert. I couldn't wait to see how he had ripped me this time. I find myself still mentally composing return messages to him. I'll miss you more than I can say my good friend.
Richard Bothmer, Brookline, NH
August 19, 2019
Robert and I were buddies at Travis High in Austin. We used to traipse around the Hill Country together, west of the town, with other pals. There's a picture of us with Richard Bothmer and Dick Vilven
on our graduation night in 1957, enjoying the moment, but having no real clue of what lay in store for us--except we had one more summer of city league baseball. Along with a couple of other Travis buddies, Joe Joseph and Wayne Peschka, we won the city championship. Robert had starred on the Travis High team, & was a superb player, and without his hitting (.389) and pitching (2-0) we probably would not have made it. We all went our separate ways, but got back in touch eventually. We discovered that we had markedly different political beliefs, but Robert had such a great sense of humor about it. He had that same quick wit about him that I remembered from high school, before we had any political opinions. I am glad we were able to enjoy the moment once more. I will miss him. Unfortunately Richard Botherer and I will be in Washington, DC
Sept. 15 with two other Travis chums, Jody Hanke and Jo Dittmar (using maiden names), but we will have a remembrance of Robert on that day. George Green, Arlington, Texas
Richard Davis
August 12, 2019
Robert and I were Revenue Officers at IRS in Dallas in the early nineties. He was a friend and mentor who I missed when he retired. He will surely be missed by his family and all who knew him.
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