Memorials › Robert Rex "Bob" Robinson-Zwahr
27 Sep 1940 – 22 Mar 2000
| Birth | 27 Sep 1940 |
| Death | 22 Mar 2000 |
| Cemetery | Rosenberg Cemetery Rosenberg , Fort Bend County , Texas , USA |
| Added by | RosalieAnn on 27 Jun 2014 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/62777471 |
Robert R. 'Bob'' Robinson-Zwahr departed this life on March 22, 2000 of this year in San Antonio, after a long illness. He was born September 27, 1940 in Plainview, TX and raised in Dickens County where his family was engaged in trucking, cottonseed buying, farming, ranching, and oil and gas business. He attended Dickens School and graduated from Spur High School in Spur, TX. He received his BBA Degree from the University of Texas at Austin, with additional schooling at El Tecnologico de Monterrey in Mexico, Pan-American, Texas Tech, and the American Institute of Banking in Dallas. He also attended the International Travel Training Institute in Washington, D.C. prior to permanently settling in San Antonio in 1990 where he became a travel consultant. He is survived by his mother, Elsie Zwahr-Robinson of San Antonio; aunt, Hilda Zwahr-Reeh of Needville; two great-aunts, Henrietta Seltzer Zwahr and Mary Steffeck Zwahr of Needville; two great-uncles, Johann Feldhoff of Richmond and Albert Zwahr of Damon. He also has distant relatives and many friends living in Texas and abroad. His father, Robert Rex Robinson, predeceased him. Robinson-Zwahr was noted as an authority on Sorbish and German Texans and was the author of a two- volume work, Die Bremerverwandtschaft in Deutschland Und In Texas and a former associate editor of the German-American Studies Journal. He was also a founding member and former board member of the German-Texan Heritage Society, a longtime member of the Texas Wendish Heritage Society and the Sons of Hermann Lodge No. 57. He was the great-great-grandson of Carolina Anna Bremer Boek who was born aboard the Ship Johann Detthardt in Cuban waters in 1844, first of the Verein colonists to be baptised in Texas in 1844 with wih Karl, Prince of Solms-Brunfels, as one of her godparents. He was also descended from the pioneer Verein families Bremer, Goldbeck, Seiler, and Kreitz. A private prayer and burial service was held in San Antonio at Mission Park South Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to a favorite charity. WIE DIE ARBEIT, SO DER DIENER! Tom Keyser [email protected] http://personal.riverusers.com/~keyserroll/
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