Robert E. "Bob" Lindberg

Robert E. Lindberg was born in Brooklyn, NY, January 29th, 1924. The middle son of Arthur and Florence Lindberg. His older brother was Arthur Jr. and his younger was Charles. Both brothers passed away prior to him. Bob spent his formative years in Scarsdale, N.Y. He participated in the Boy Scouts of America and happened to see the flash of the Hindenburg, as it burned, while on a camping trip with his scout troop in May of 1937, although, at the time, he and his fellow scouts didn't know what they were witnessing. He graduated from Eastchester High School, Eastchester, NY in 1942. After high school, he enlisted in the army, hoping to learn to fly. He was too tall to fit in the cockpit, so ended up as Quartermaster for the 312th Air Depot Repair Squadron. He served in North Africa and Southern Italy. He returned to N.Y. and went to the University of Alabama on the G.I. Bill. He got his MBA and went back to N.Y. where he worked for American Express. He and Shirley J. Probert, were married in 1954 in New York City, N.Y. After American Express, he took a job with U.S. Rubber and then with Hunter Engineering Company in 1963. Hunter transferred Bob and family to St. Louis in 1969. He retired from Hunter in 1989.

Bob has always loved photography and nearly always had a camera with him. He loved all animals, was knowledgeable about birds of prey and those you'd see at your backyard feeder. Growing up, the house always had at least one cat. Bob loved cats and had three living with him, when he died. He was knowledgeable about the constellations and had become interested in stargazing when he first learned about it in boy scouts. He was a lover of music, big band and jazz, specifically. He loved Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Glen Miller, Frank Sinatra and Tony Bennett. He loved airplanes, which is why he enlisted in the army, back in 1942. He wanted to choose to be around airplanes and knew that if he were drafted, he'd be put where the Army saw fit. The family would always stop at Airplane Museums while on vacation, especially if it featured planes his outfit in WWII had worked on, like the B-24 Liberator and the B-17 Flying Fortress.

Bob is survived by his son Glenn A. Lindberg of Affton, MO. a daughter Christina (Ian Meggarrey) Lindberg of Arnold, MO, granddaughter Elayne Meggarrey, sisters-in-law Claire Lindberg and Dorothy Ames.