1Wasington Digital Library, http://www.digitalarchives.wa.gov. Image.
1Stacy Koberstein birth, 01 SEP 1973, Orange county, California, 23 May 2003, Ancestry.com. "California Birth Records (http://userdb.rootsweb.com/ca/birth/search.cgi?surname=Koberstein)
Stacy L. Koberstein born September 1, 1973 in Orange county, California with mothers maiden name of Pray.".
1The Independent, Obituary of Robert P. Koberstein in "The Independent", 4 Jan 2002, www.theindependent.com/stories/041801/rec_obits18.html. "AURORA -- Robert P. Koberstein, 72, of Aurora Monday, April 16, 2001, at
Memorial Hospital. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at St. Mary's
Catholic
Church in Aurora. The Rev. John Keefe will officiate. Burial will be in the
Aurora Cemetery. Visitation will be from 3 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Higby
Mortuary in Aurora.
Mr. Koberstein was born March 13, 1929, to Otto A. and Pearl A. (Joyce)
Koberstein in a private home in Lewellen. He attended country school
through the second grade. After completing grammar school at Scarritt School
in Kansas City, Mo., he graduated from Manual High School.
His first part-time employment was in the manufacture of women's hats in a
"sweat shop," where steam was used to shape the felt into hats. In 1948, he
joined the Kansas City Fire Department at the age of 19. He joined the Army
in 1951. He completed training at Counter Intelligence Corps in Ft.
Halibird, Md. He was stationed in Japan during the Korean War and was
discharged in 1953, at San Francisco. In 1952, he raised turkeys with his
dad on the South Tableland near Lewellen in the summer.
He married Delores Bartholomew on Dec. 31, 1954, at Kansas City, Mo. He
graduated from Finlay Engineering College in Kansas City in 1956 with a
bachelor of science in mechanical engineering degree.
He was involved with the space program at Patrick Air Force Base in Florida
when the Russians launched their Sputnik satellite and was also at Patrick
Air Force Base when the first U.S. satellite blew up on the pad.
After receiving his bachelor of science in electrical engineering in 1960,
he went to work as a field manager for the Bendix Corp. on the East Coast.
He transferred to the Bendix Launch Division as a senior engineer and
quality control manager. He was there from the start of the Apollo Moon
Program in 1965 until its successful completion in 1973.
He moved to Aurora and acquired an Interstate Battery franchise.
Survivors include his wife; one daughter, Paula (Mrs. LaMoyne) Danhauer of
Aurora; one grandson; and one sister, Mary (Mrs. Harold) Gibson of Aurora.
He was preceded in death by one brother, James.".
