Robert Thomas DeFoor
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Lydia Gretchen "Gretchen" Doll DeFoor
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Eagle Valley Enterprise - March 15, 1962
ROBERT DEFOR [sic DeFoor] DIED INFLORIDA, AGE 74.
Word of the death of Robert DeFor [sic DeFoor] in Lake Worth, Fla. was received in Eagle by Judge and Mrs. Wm. H. LUBY this week.
Mr. DeFOOR was a pharmacist in Eagle and former owner of the Eagle Pharmacy. He was also superintendent of Eagle County High in Gypsum, and was married to the former Gretchen DOLL, who preceded him in death.
Mr. DeFOOR's death occurred on February 23, 1962 at the age of 74 years. He is survived by his daughter, Gretchen ANDREWS of Durango, Colorado, and his second wife of Lake Worth.
Findagrave.com
Funeral services for Robert T. DeFoor 75, a former Atlantan will be held Monday at 2 p.m. in Lake Worth, Fla. where he made his home. Burial will be in Lake Worth.
Mr. DeFoor, a retired pharmacist, and science teacher, died Friday at Good Samaritan Hospital in West Palm Beach.
A native of Morrow, Ga. he held degrees from Mercer University, Oglethorpe University and Emory University and also studied at the University of Michigan.
Mr. DeFoor was the son of the late Rev. J.M. DeFoor of Clayton County, a pioneer Baptist minister.
Mr. DeFoor taught science in schools in Eagle, Colo., in Atlanta, where he lived in the 1930's, Georgia Military Academy in Milledgevile, and in Winter Haven, Fla.
He was a Baptist, and a member of Forest Park Lodge 399, F & AM, and the Yaarab Shrine Temple.
Survivors include his widow, the former Margaret Bailey; daughter, Mrs. Roy Andrews, Durango, Colo. sister Mrs. J.R. Morrow of Morrow; Brother, J. Martin DeFoor, Morrow; and two grandchildren Carl and Robert Guimarin.
Burial:
Hillcrest Memorial Park
West Palm Beach
Palm Beach County
Florida, USA
Created by: Bob Guimarin
Record added: Dec 30, 2007
Find A Grave Memorial# 23651673
