Robert "Bob" Scheinblum

Bob Scheinblum was born on October 11, 1939, to Fredrick and Lee Scheinblum in New York City. He grew up with his brother, Richie Scheinblum, in the East Bronx, playing baseball and basketball. Bob attended Pace College where he was named basketball team captain and Athlete of the Year in 1960. In 2012, Bob was inducted into the Pace Athletic Hall of Fame.

After college, Bob was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the USMC and graduated with honors from the University of Arizona Law School. Bob served as the Chief Defense Counsel for 1st MARDIV at Camp Pendelton. In 1965, Bob made his way to Naval flight training in Pensacola, receiving his Wings of Gold in 1967. Bob went on to fly 297 combat missions in Vietnam in his A-4 Skyhawk between 1967 and 1968 for VMA-233.

After Vietnam, Bob returned to California, accepting an appointment as a federal prosecuting attorney while flying A-4’s in the reserves. In 1972, Bob resigned from the U.S. attorney’s office to fly for Western Airlines. In 1981, Western was acquired by Delta Airlines and Bob moved his family to Park City, Utah where he transferred to the Utah National Guard to fly AH-1 Cobras as Chief Warrant Officer 3 culminating in a 35 military year career.

In 1993, Bob and his wife, Sherrill, made their final move to Lake Cherokee near Longview, Texas. In 1999, Bob retired from Delta, having served on the B727, B757, B767, DC10, and L1011, as well as a Line Check Airman on the B737. Bob continued flying C-421s for Mercy Medflight, a charitable air ambulance service, as well as Gulfstreams and Citations for R. Lacy, until hanging up his leather jacket for good in 2014, having amassed almost 23,000 hours of flight time. Bob was honored with The Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award in 2017.

Sherrill was the love of his life, with whom he certainly has been reunited. Together they raised three strong children – maybe it was the pancakes he made in the shape of their initials. Bob kept his family busy with Maui trips, board games, snow skiing and waterskiing. After Sherrill left us too early, Bob found an amazing companion in Judy York who he remained devoted to for the last 18 years. Together they lived simply and peacefully overlooking Lake Cherokee. Judy relished Bob’s humor, how he made her feel loved and safe, and his many accomplishments. Bob enjoyed watching his progeny grow and develop their own loving families. He cherished his fantasy football league, the RFL (Reunion Football League), because it brought extended family together for over three decades and counting.

Bob was intelligent, dedicated, and most notably humble. His emails always ended:

“Live Simply, Love Generously, Care Deeply, Speak Kindly, Leave the Rest to GOD.” This truly epitomized who Bob was as a person. His memory will remain, but he will be sorely missed.

We believe Bob would summarize his life just like he described the food he craved so much….DEEElicious.

Blue Jeans and Marine T-shirts forever.

A celebration of his life will be held at Lakeview Funeral Home Chapel in Longview, Texas, on Sunday, January 19, 2025, at 10am.