JANE & BOB TOGETHER FOREVER - IN LOVE
Robert E. Ferris Sr., who moved to South Florida when cows roamed south of Broward Boulevard, then shaped the region's future as an attorney and civic activist, died of heart failure Monday night. He was 81.
"He considered Florida the only place he ever wanted to live," his son, Robert E. Ferris Jr., a Fort Lauderdale attorney, said from his father's second home in Winter Haven. "There are very few people who are around who have seen this much of Broward County."
A Chicago native and the son of a yarn salesman, Edmund Ferris & Rosemary Collins. Mr. Ferris earned a law degree from the University of Illinois before joining the Army. He was stationed in Hawaii, the Philippines and Saipan during WWII.
He set out for South Florida after his Army discharge in 1946. He accepted a position with the oldest law firm in Fort Lauderdale, a firm eventually known as McCune, Hiaasen, Crum, Ferris & Gardner. His first law office was at the corner of Las Olas Boulevard and Andrews Avenue in downtown Fort Lauderdale. He remained an attorney with the firm until his retirement in 1990, specializing in trial law and writing some of the state's first condominium and cooperative apartment statutes.
Along the way, he became active in politics.
He was a member of the Broward County School Board in the 1950s, and was chairman of the board in 1956. He was appointed to the Broward Community College Board of Trustees in 1960, and was chairman of that board for more than a decade. Most springs, he traveled to Tallahassee, with former BCC president A. Hugh Adams, to ensure state funding for the community college.
"He had a very warm spot in his heart for BCC," his son said.
Mr. Ferris moved his family to Plantation in 1953 when only 20 homes were there. He helped write Plantation's original charter, was on the city zoning board and was an attorney for the Plantation Water Control District. He also wrote a book for the Florida Bar on cooperative apartments.
"He was a fine lawyer and certainly a pioneer," said Bill Duke, a Fort Lauderdale attorney, Mr. Ferris' former law partner and the former chairman of the Broward County Republican Party. "He was a very busy lawyer. I don't know how he ever got it all done. It was a pleasure to be his partner and to learn from him. We'll all miss him."
Mr. Ferris had been suffering from congestive heart failure for five years. "I think his heart just finally gave out," Ferris Jr. said.
Ferris Sr. is survived by his wife of 47 years, Jane C. Ferris, and two children, six grandchildren and one brother.
Written by: By SCOTT GOLD
Sister:
Rosemary Ruth Ferris
Robert E. Ferris Sr., who moved to South Florida when cows roamed south of Broward Boulevard, then shaped the region's future as an attorney and civic activist, died of heart failure Monday night. He was 81.
"He considered Florida the only place he ever wanted to live," his son, Robert E. Ferris Jr., a Fort Lauderdale attorney, said from his father's second home in Winter Haven. "There are very few people who are around who have seen this much of Broward County."
A Chicago native and the son of a yarn salesman, Edmund Ferris & Rosemary Collins. Mr. Ferris earned a law degree from the University of Illinois before joining the Army. He was stationed in Hawaii, the Philippines and Saipan during WWII.
He set out for South Florida after his Army discharge in 1946. He accepted a position with the oldest law firm in Fort Lauderdale, a firm eventually known as McCune, Hiaasen, Crum, Ferris & Gardner. His first law office was at the corner of Las Olas Boulevard and Andrews Avenue in downtown Fort Lauderdale. He remained an attorney with the firm until his retirement in 1990, specializing in trial law and writing some of the state's first condominium and cooperative apartment statutes.
Along the way, he became active in politics.
He was a member of the Broward County School Board in the 1950s, and was chairman of the board in 1956. He was appointed to the Broward Community College Board of Trustees in 1960, and was chairman of that board for more than a decade. Most springs, he traveled to Tallahassee, with former BCC president A. Hugh Adams, to ensure state funding for the community college.
"He had a very warm spot in his heart for BCC," his son said.
Mr. Ferris moved his family to Plantation in 1953 when only 20 homes were there. He helped write Plantation's original charter, was on the city zoning board and was an attorney for the Plantation Water Control District. He also wrote a book for the Florida Bar on cooperative apartments.
"He was a fine lawyer and certainly a pioneer," said Bill Duke, a Fort Lauderdale attorney, Mr. Ferris' former law partner and the former chairman of the Broward County Republican Party. "He was a very busy lawyer. I don't know how he ever got it all done. It was a pleasure to be his partner and to learn from him. We'll all miss him."
Mr. Ferris had been suffering from congestive heart failure for five years. "I think his heart just finally gave out," Ferris Jr. said.
Ferris Sr. is survived by his wife of 47 years, Jane C. Ferris, and two children, six grandchildren and one brother.
Written by: By SCOTT GOLD
Sister:
Rosemary Ruth Ferris
JANE & BOB TOGETHER FOREVER - IN LOVE
Robert E. Ferris Sr., who moved to South Florida when cows roamed south of Broward Boulevard, then shaped the region's future as an attorney and civic activist, died of heart failure Monday night. He was 81.
"He considered Florida the only place he ever wanted to live," his son, Robert E. Ferris Jr., a Fort Lauderdale attorney, said from his father's second home in Winter Haven. "There are very few people who are around who have seen this much of Broward County."
A Chicago native and the son of a yarn salesman, Edmund Ferris & Rosemary Collins. Mr. Ferris earned a law degree from the University of Illinois before joining the Army. He was stationed in Hawaii, the Philippines and Saipan during WWII.
He set out for South Florida after his Army discharge in 1946. He accepted a position with the oldest law firm in Fort Lauderdale, a firm eventually known as McCune, Hiaasen, Crum, Ferris & Gardner. His first law office was at the corner of Las Olas Boulevard and Andrews Avenue in downtown Fort Lauderdale. He remained an attorney with the firm until his retirement in 1990, specializing in trial law and writing some of the state's first condominium and cooperative apartment statutes.
Along the way, he became active in politics.
He was a member of the Broward County School Board in the 1950s, and was chairman of the board in 1956. He was appointed to the Broward Community College Board of Trustees in 1960, and was chairman of that board for more than a decade. Most springs, he traveled to Tallahassee, with former BCC president A. Hugh Adams, to ensure state funding for the community college.
"He had a very warm spot in his heart for BCC," his son said.
Mr. Ferris moved his family to Plantation in 1953 when only 20 homes were there. He helped write Plantation's original charter, was on the city zoning board and was an attorney for the Plantation Water Control District. He also wrote a book for the Florida Bar on cooperative apartments.
"He was a fine lawyer and certainly a pioneer," said Bill Duke, a Fort Lauderdale attorney, Mr. Ferris' former law partner and the former chairman of the Broward County Republican Party. "He was a very busy lawyer. I don't know how he ever got it all done. It was a pleasure to be his partner and to learn from him. We'll all miss him."
Mr. Ferris had been suffering from congestive heart failure for five years. "I think his heart just finally gave out," Ferris Jr. said.
Ferris Sr. is survived by his wife of 47 years, Jane C. Ferris, and two children, six grandchildren and one brother.
Written by: By SCOTT GOLD
Sister:
Rosemary Ruth Ferris
Robert E. Ferris Sr., who moved to South Florida when cows roamed south of Broward Boulevard, then shaped the region's future as an attorney and civic activist, died of heart failure Monday night. He was 81.
"He considered Florida the only place he ever wanted to live," his son, Robert E. Ferris Jr., a Fort Lauderdale attorney, said from his father's second home in Winter Haven. "There are very few people who are around who have seen this much of Broward County."
A Chicago native and the son of a yarn salesman, Edmund Ferris & Rosemary Collins. Mr. Ferris earned a law degree from the University of Illinois before joining the Army. He was stationed in Hawaii, the Philippines and Saipan during WWII.
He set out for South Florida after his Army discharge in 1946. He accepted a position with the oldest law firm in Fort Lauderdale, a firm eventually known as McCune, Hiaasen, Crum, Ferris & Gardner. His first law office was at the corner of Las Olas Boulevard and Andrews Avenue in downtown Fort Lauderdale. He remained an attorney with the firm until his retirement in 1990, specializing in trial law and writing some of the state's first condominium and cooperative apartment statutes.
Along the way, he became active in politics.
He was a member of the Broward County School Board in the 1950s, and was chairman of the board in 1956. He was appointed to the Broward Community College Board of Trustees in 1960, and was chairman of that board for more than a decade. Most springs, he traveled to Tallahassee, with former BCC president A. Hugh Adams, to ensure state funding for the community college.
"He had a very warm spot in his heart for BCC," his son said.
Mr. Ferris moved his family to Plantation in 1953 when only 20 homes were there. He helped write Plantation's original charter, was on the city zoning board and was an attorney for the Plantation Water Control District. He also wrote a book for the Florida Bar on cooperative apartments.
"He was a fine lawyer and certainly a pioneer," said Bill Duke, a Fort Lauderdale attorney, Mr. Ferris' former law partner and the former chairman of the Broward County Republican Party. "He was a very busy lawyer. I don't know how he ever got it all done. It was a pleasure to be his partner and to learn from him. We'll all miss him."
Mr. Ferris had been suffering from congestive heart failure for five years. "I think his heart just finally gave out," Ferris Jr. said.
Ferris Sr. is survived by his wife of 47 years, Jane C. Ferris, and two children, six grandchildren and one brother.
Written by: By SCOTT GOLD
Sister:
Rosemary Ruth Ferris
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