NOTE: He originally was born in Denver, Arapahoe County, Colorado, in 1896. Denver City served as a county seat of Arapahoe County until 1902. In 1901, the Colorado Assembly voted to split Arapahoe into three parts: A city and county of Denver, a new Adams County, and South Arapahoe County. So, his birthplace is now located in Denver, Denver Co., Colorado.
OBIT:
J. ROBERT VAN PELT JR., 95, of Sarasota died Friday at Plymouth Harbor [a retirement community].
Born in Denver, Colo., he moved here 13 years ago from Boca Raton. He was a retired president of Michigan Technological University in Houghton, Mich., a U.S. Army veteran of World War I, a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, a member of the United Nations Association and a trustee of Cornell College. He is survived by one daughter, Ellen Price of Ontario; two sons Peter of Eagle Harbor, Mich., and Richard of Boulder, Colo.; nine grandchildren and three great grandchildren. National Cremation Society.
The Tampa Tribute, Tampa, FL 7 May 1991 pg 14
OBIT:
J. ROBERT VAN PELT JR., 95, of Sarasota died Friday at Plymouth Harbor [a retirement community].
Born in Denver, Colo., he moved here 13 years ago from Boca Raton. He was a retired president of Michigan Technological University in Houghton, Mich., a U.S. Army veteran of World War I, a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, a member of the United Nations Association and a trustee of Cornell College. He is survived by one daughter, Ellen Price of Ontario; two sons Peter of Eagle Harbor, Mich., and Richard of Boulder, Colo.; nine grandchildren and three great grandchildren. National Cremation Society.
The Tampa Tribute, Tampa, FL 7 May 1991 pg 14
NOTE: He originally was born in Denver, Arapahoe County, Colorado, in 1896. Denver City served as a county seat of Arapahoe County until 1902. In 1901, the Colorado Assembly voted to split Arapahoe into three parts: A city and county of Denver, a new Adams County, and South Arapahoe County. So, his birthplace is now located in Denver, Denver Co., Colorado.
OBIT:
J. ROBERT VAN PELT JR., 95, of Sarasota died Friday at Plymouth Harbor [a retirement community].
Born in Denver, Colo., he moved here 13 years ago from Boca Raton. He was a retired president of Michigan Technological University in Houghton, Mich., a U.S. Army veteran of World War I, a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, a member of the United Nations Association and a trustee of Cornell College. He is survived by one daughter, Ellen Price of Ontario; two sons Peter of Eagle Harbor, Mich., and Richard of Boulder, Colo.; nine grandchildren and three great grandchildren. National Cremation Society.
The Tampa Tribute, Tampa, FL 7 May 1991 pg 14
OBIT:
J. ROBERT VAN PELT JR., 95, of Sarasota died Friday at Plymouth Harbor [a retirement community].
Born in Denver, Colo., he moved here 13 years ago from Boca Raton. He was a retired president of Michigan Technological University in Houghton, Mich., a U.S. Army veteran of World War I, a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, a member of the United Nations Association and a trustee of Cornell College. He is survived by one daughter, Ellen Price of Ontario; two sons Peter of Eagle Harbor, Mich., and Richard of Boulder, Colo.; nine grandchildren and three great grandchildren. National Cremation Society.
The Tampa Tribute, Tampa, FL 7 May 1991 pg 14
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