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Woodstock, GA 30188
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8855 Main St.
Woodstock, GA 30188
(770) 926-3107
Woodstock GA Obituaries and Death Notices
Monday, March 27, 2017Dave enjoyed a “gap year” from school, learning “street” language, tastes, and smells. In early 1952, they traveled 1,000 miles by train to the foothills of the Himalayas to attend Woodstock, a boarding school in northern India. The family returned to Wisconsin at the end of 1952, and Bob spent his junior year at Pulaski High School in Milwaukee. The family then moved to the Philippines for his senior year, where his dad took another job with USAID. There he met his life-long friend, Peter Harken, and they spent much of their free time sailing in Manila Bay and occasionally crewing for races. Bob often recounted sailing with Peter up to a huge aircraft carrier, part of the U.S. 7th fleet, and being invited aboard. These adventures in Asia inspired Bob’s life-long interest in travel and world cultures, and his year in the Philippines cemented his enthusiasm for sailing, an activity he continued throughout his life.Bob entered the University of Wisconsin in 1955. Coincidentally, his friend Peter Harken also enrolled at UW, and with others such as Art Mitchell and Peter Barrett, they continued their wild adventures, tales of which would fill many a room with laughter over the years. Bob was a member of UW’s Hoofers outing club, through which he continued sailing, and learned to mountaineer, ice sail, canoe, and ski. College summers included working in western Washington, first in a logging camp and then on a Forest Service trail crew in the Cascades, with weekends reserved for mountain climbing in the Cascade Range and Olympic Mountains. Bob graduated UW in 1959 with a degree in agronomy. A graduate level plant ecology class taken during his junior year was a turning point, as it was an opportunity to study plants and animals in their natural environments instead of as agricultural commodities. Following graduation, Bob left for an assistantship at the University of Utah working on plant communities of Utah’s Wasatch Mountains. During his year and a half in Utah, he and his team sampled and plotted the entire Wasatch range. With friends living in the Salt Lake Valley, he skied much of the local terrain long before most of the ski areas were developed, and built a couple of kayaks for floating rivers. While completing his master’s degree, Bob married Catherine Hardy, his college girlfriend. They returned to UW where Bob began his Ph.
Monday, January 23, 2017Valerie were founders of PM&L Theatre in Antioch where he directed and performed in many plays. He was also a professional actor who appeared in many commercials and was a director at the Woodstock Opera House. Joseph and his wife also raised registered Shetland ponies for over 20 years. He was an active member of the Lions Club of Antioch and a Past-President.Joseph is survived by his children, Dr. Heather (Dr. Kenneth) Curtis of Shullsburg, Pamela (Vince) Engler of Bristol, Robin (Kenneth) Kasuboski of Burlington, Robert (Joan) Hunley of Apache Junction, Ariz.; his nine grandchildren, Dr. Vanessa Curtis (Dr. Andy Petersen), Dr. Janelle (Eric) Eckdhal, Dr. Valerie (Dr. Joshua) Cross, Bridget (Keith) Berger, Brittany Engler, Heidi (Joe) Patla, Stephanie (Kenny) Regnier, Stacey Hunt, and Brian Hunt; and his eight great-grandchildren. In addition to his parents and his wife, Valerie, he was preceded in death by his twin brother, Jesse and his sister, Betty Lou.Funeral Services with Military Honors will be held at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 29, 2016 at the Strang Funeral Home of Antioch, 1055 Main St. Antioch, Ill., 60002. Interment will be in Rosehill Cemetery, Chicago at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Dec. 30, 2016. Visitation will be held from 3:00 p.m. until the start of the service Thursday evening at the funeral home. For additional information, call 847-395-4000. Please sign the online guestbook for Joseph at www.strangfh.com.
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Monday, March 27, 2017Dave enjoyed a “gap year” from school, learning “street” language, tastes, and smells. In early 1952, they traveled 1,000 miles by train to the foothills of the Himalayas to attend Woodstock, a boarding school in northern India. The family returned to Wisconsin at the end of 1952, and Bob spent his junior year at Pulaski High School in Milwaukee. The family then moved to the Philippines for his senior year, where his dad took another job with USAID. There he met his life-long friend, Peter Harken, and they spent much of their free time sailing in Manila Bay and occasionally crewing for races. Bob often recounted sailing with Peter up to a huge aircraft carrier, part of the U.S. 7th fleet, and being invited aboard. These adventures in Asia inspired Bob’s life-long interest in travel and world cultures, and his year in the Philippines cemented his enthusiasm for sailing, an activity he continued throughout his life.Bob entered the University of Wisconsin in 1955. Coincidentally, his friend Peter Harken also enrolled at UW, and with others such as Art Mitchell and Peter Barrett, they continued their wild adventures, tales of which would fill many a room with laughter over the years. Bob was a member of UW’s Hoofers outing club, through which he continued sailing, and learned to mountaineer, ice sail, canoe, and ski. College summers included working in western Washington, first in a logging camp and then on a Forest Service trail crew in the Cascades, with weekends reserved for mountain climbing in the Cascade Range and Olympic Mountains. Bob graduated UW in 1959 with a degree in agronomy. A graduate level plant ecology class taken during his junior year was a turning point, as it was an opportunity to study plants and animals in their natural environments instead of as agricultural commodities. Following graduation, Bob left for an assistantship at the University of Utah working on plant communities of Utah’s Wasatch Mountains. During his year and a half in Utah, he and his team sampled and plotted the entire Wasatch range. With friends living in the Salt Lake Valley, he skied much of the local terrain long before most of the ski areas were developed, and built a couple of kayaks for floating rivers. While completing his master’s degree, Bob married Catherine Hardy, his college girlfriend. They returned to UW where Bob began his Ph.
Monday, January 23, 2017Valerie were founders of PM&L Theatre in Antioch where he directed and performed in many plays. He was also a professional actor who appeared in many commercials and was a director at the Woodstock Opera House. Joseph and his wife also raised registered Shetland ponies for over 20 years. He was an active member of the Lions Club of Antioch and a Past-President.Joseph is survived by his children, Dr. Heather (Dr. Kenneth) Curtis of Shullsburg, Pamela (Vince) Engler of Bristol, Robin (Kenneth) Kasuboski of Burlington, Robert (Joan) Hunley of Apache Junction, Ariz.; his nine grandchildren, Dr. Vanessa Curtis (Dr. Andy Petersen), Dr. Janelle (Eric) Eckdhal, Dr. Valerie (Dr. Joshua) Cross, Bridget (Keith) Berger, Brittany Engler, Heidi (Joe) Patla, Stephanie (Kenny) Regnier, Stacey Hunt, and Brian Hunt; and his eight great-grandchildren. In addition to his parents and his wife, Valerie, he was preceded in death by his twin brother, Jesse and his sister, Betty Lou.Funeral Services with Military Honors will be held at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 29, 2016 at the Strang Funeral Home of Antioch, 1055 Main St. Antioch, Ill., 60002. Interment will be in Rosehill Cemetery, Chicago at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Dec. 30, 2016. Visitation will be held from 3:00 p.m. until the start of the service Thursday evening at the funeral home. For additional information, call 847-395-4000. Please sign the online guestbook for Joseph at www.strangfh.com.
