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About Bob
Alongside the Stone Wall at
Fredericksburg
I was
born in Chicago, Illinois in 1958, and raised
on LaVergne Avenue in Northlake, Illinois. I attended St.
John Vianney grammar school in Northlake, Quigley Seminary North in Chicago,
and graduated in 1976 from Proviso
West High School in Hillside, Illinois.
My father, Bob and
mother, Mary, are my greatest inspiration. A trip to Gettysburg with ma
and pa back in 1999 inspired me to appreciate the greatness of America, our
traditions and heritage.
I have two sisters,
Jeanmarie and Dina, and a brother, Raymond, better known to the world as
Rusty.
I moved to Lake
County, Florida in 1985. I am an air conditioning contractor and spent
16 years
as an air conditioning-refrigeration engineer at Walt Disney World. I
am a
parishioner of St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Mt. Dora, Florida.
My interests include
baseball. I am an avid, die-hard Chicago Cubs' fan, as well as the
formal general manager and
assistant coach of the Mt. Dora Mudcats amateur baseball team.
My first love is
dinosaurs, an interest that started back as a young boy in the early
1960's. I view the discovery of "Sue", the T-Rex, as one of the greatest
discoveries in history.
I am actively involved
in the historical community, and belong to several societies and community
organizations, of which
include the North Lake County Civil War Roundtable, Vice President of the Lake County
Historical Society,
President of the
Historical Society of Tavares,
Rotary of Tavares,
Leesburg Mason Lodge No. 58, the 17th Connecticut Reenactors, the Sons of
Confederate Veterans, where I was the first recipient of the "Distinguished
Legionnaires Award" in 2005.
I am involved in many historical preservation and
restoration projects which include the saving of the Capt. Haynes
Woodlea house and the spelling correction of Haynes Creek.
I married Alma N. Nevarez in January 2005.
We,
along with her son Daryl, our dog Baby, and my turtle,
Flash, who has been with me since April of 1985, currently reside in
Tavares, Florida.
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With brother Rusty at 9-11 ceremonies |
At home with Mom and Dad |
Mom and Dad |
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With Dad at Wrigley Field, Chicago
9-11-02 |
Christmas 2001 |
Me, Rusty, and Jeanmarie
Chicago Blizzard Winter 1967 |
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At dad's Civil War museum |
At dad's Civil War museum |
Visit some of my favorite websites...
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