So sorry to hear about Bob. We also went through elementary school together. Because my maiden name began with a K we were always next to each other alphabetically . RIP
I'm sorry to hear about Bob too. I ran into him a bunch of years ago at the Urbandale Plaza and we had a good time catching up with each other. Just don't know when this happened.....Pat Slocum/Kronlein
I knew Bob when we were junior high and high school students. And I recall him as easy going and doing his best to get along with peers. Bob might not have been a BMOC (Big Man on Campus) yet despite the passage of decades, I recall him vividly as if he had been.
This post surely won't be personally flattering. Still, I include it to give classmates an impression of how classy Bob Kaufman could be. In late Spring 1965, at the end of our junior year, I initiated a confrontation with Bob though he had never wronged me. We agreed to "have it out" in a vacant lot across from the high school. Well, the results weren't what I hoped for. I was told I managed to land two punches. Apparently Bob landed the rest. The "fight" concluded, the victor offered to shake my hand- a gesture I should have made. I mean, I was the vanquished. I refused to shake hands. That displeased Bob. He challenged me to a rematch. I declined as I felt I had been Bob's punching bag long enough. As fate would have it, I wore a very prominent black eye when I was working behind the counter at Geno's Pizzeria. Three men, who appeared to be in their thirties, began to razz me about that. I attempted my version of the fight's outcome,"If you think I look bad, you should see that other guy. He was crying by the time I was through with him" To which one of the men responded,"Yeah, he was crying because he felt bad about what he did to you" However I soon learned Bob had shed his anger toward me, though there surely was no need for him to do that. So, with all that considered, I assert that Bob Kaufman really was a classy and nice person and hope classmates regard him as such.
Lynda Kaiser (Slotky)
So sorry to hear about Bob. We also went through elementary school together. Because my maiden name began with a K we were always next to each other alphabetically . RIP
Patricia Slocum (Kronlein)
I'm sorry to hear about Bob too. I ran into him a bunch of years ago at the Urbandale Plaza and we had a good time catching up with each other. Just don't know when this happened.....Pat Slocum/Kronlein
Dave Blaskie
I knew Bob when we were junior high and high school students. And I recall him as easy going and doing his best to get along with peers. Bob might not have been a BMOC (Big Man on Campus) yet despite the passage of decades, I recall him vividly as if he had been.
Dave Blaskie
This post surely won't be personally flattering. Still, I include it to give classmates an impression of how classy Bob Kaufman could be. In late Spring 1965, at the end of our junior year, I initiated a confrontation with Bob though he had never wronged me. We agreed to "have it out" in a vacant lot across from the high school. Well, the results weren't what I hoped for. I was told I managed to land two punches. Apparently Bob landed the rest. The "fight" concluded, the victor offered to shake my hand- a gesture I should have made. I mean, I was the vanquished. I refused to shake hands. That displeased Bob. He challenged me to a rematch. I declined as I felt I had been Bob's punching bag long enough. As fate would have it, I wore a very prominent black eye when I was working behind the counter at Geno's Pizzeria. Three men, who appeared to be in their thirties, began to razz me about that. I attempted my version of the fight's outcome,"If you think I look bad, you should see that other guy. He was crying by the time I was through with him" To which one of the men responded,"Yeah, he was crying because he felt bad about what he did to you" However I soon learned Bob had shed his anger toward me, though there surely was no need for him to do that. So, with all that considered, I assert that Bob Kaufman really was a classy and nice person and hope classmates regard him as such.