Badenhope, Robert Ira 1930-2012

BADENHOPE, HEINRICH, FISHER, ROSS

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Robert Badenhope
1930 - 2012

ABOUT
DeVilbiss High School
University of Toledo

Robert Badenhope Obituary
Published by Legacy Remembers from Mar. 6 to Mar. 11, 2012.

Robert Ira Badenhope
Greeneville, TN

Robert Ira Badenhope was born on July 16,1930, the youngest child of Helen Lavinia and Johann Fredrick Heinrich Badenhope. He grew up in Toledo, Ohio, a sandlot baseball catcher known to buddies as "Badie," graduating DeVilbiss High School in 1947 at age 17. He completed his academic studies in 1972 at University of Toledo, with a Master of Mechanical Engineering. As a design and production engineer for Dohler-Jarvis, and later as a consultant for auto manufacturers worldwide, Bob developed unique casting technologies, accumulating three U.S. patents for production methods. He also taught manufacturing technologies and processes at the University of Toledo as a Visiting Professor in Mechanical, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering.

As a youth he enjoyed the outdoors, especially camping and fishing with family at Walloon Lake and state parks of Ohio and Michigan. He continued this tradition later in his life, joining the Mudjaw Bowmen Archery Club of Toledo Ohio during its earliest days. With friends Jack Gulvas and Dave Kurdys, wives and kids in tow, he roamed the woods and farms of the great lakes region hunting deer, bear and moose with his longbow. He involved his six children in outdoor pursuits that included bow hunting, fishing, camping, organic gardening, and raising an ever-changing menagerie of animals that at one time or another included not only the usual dogs and cats but also horses, ducks, geese, pigeons, rabbits, raccoons, a mischievous African grey parrot and a transgender chicken. The family was never without a good roast or game; and despite lean times and the protests of the children, ate a vast array of fresh fruits and vegetables we raised ourselves, in addition to nuts and berries collected from the woods and countryside.

Bob taught his children to enjoy hard work, a job well done, a good joke and challenging game of cards. He appreciated the poetry of James Whitcomb Riley and snappy conversation. He emphasized loyalty and personal integrity as the greatest virtues. He loved his family, though we challenged him mightily over the years. With Mary Badenhope, he raised five strong daughters and a loving son. Daughter Susan pre-deceased him, leaving us the gifts of her children Katie, Jan Christian, Robert Julian and Joy. He is survived by daughter Barbara Badenhope of Greeneville Tennessee, and her children Brian and Jon Paul; Maribeth Wilder of St. Joseph, Missouri, and her children Jeb Stewart and Jessica Lynn; John Robert Badenhope of Greeneville Tennessee; Julia Badenhope of Ames, Iowa and her son Alban Fisher; and Heidi Ross of Columbus Ohio and her children Alex, Emily and Andrew.

Bob died peacefully on March 3, 2012 at Laughlin Hospital in Greeneville Tennessee surrounded by his children and grandchildren.

A gathering of friends and family to celebrate the life of Robert Ira Badenhope will be held at Jeffers Mortuary on College Street in Greeneville, Tennessee on Wednesday, March 7 from 5 to 8 p.m. ~ The Des Moines (IA) Register 06 March 2012.