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Name: Robert Rindfusz (Nickname = Bob)
Spouse: Kathleen Rindfusz
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DECEASED 2015,
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1964 Attended from through

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Yes   

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Indiana University
     
Birthdate: August 25, 1949   
Date of Death: December 13, 2015  
       

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Robert Rindfusz: A wonderful man left us on December 13, 2015. Robert "Bob" Rindfusz was born in Wolf Lake, Indiana in 1946, the elder of two boys in a family that valued education.

Bob attended Columbia City High School in Columbia City, Indiana where he was a member of the National Honor Society and the successful state champion debate team. He was also a manager of the high school sports teams.

After graduation with honors from high school, Bob attended Indiana University in Bloomington, where he was active in student government. Upon completing his degree at IU, Bob earned a Law degree from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

While at Michigan, he met his wife Kathleen whom he married following graduation.

After graduation, Bob and Kathleen decided to move to Oregon where he took a job as Assistant Attorney General for Higher Education. He later became General Council to Portland Public Schools, and then w
ent into private practice.

He spent much of his adult life living on Fairview Lake. The deck overlooking the lake was a place to welcome friends, watch wildlife and read. Saturdays in the fall would find him in front of the television watching his much loved Michigan Wolverines, Indiana Hoosiers or Oregon State Beavers play football.

Downhill skiing was also a passion and he had season passes, and for many years was a Ski Host at Timberline. He also loved to play racquetball and played for many years. He was very interested in archeology and visited and did research on Jamestown, VA, his favorite site to study. He enjoyed music, especially Jazz, and was an avid reader. Bob liked both fiction and nonfiction and he seldom missed the comics!

Bob was also active in his community. He was a former member of the Rockwood Rotary Club, The City Club of Portland and was past president of the University of Michigan Alumni Association, Portland Chapter.

Bob was preceded in death by his parents, Shella Dale Rindfusz and Elizabeth Matthews. He is survived by his wife, Kathleen; children, Bryan of Boston, and Robin; grandchildren, Lily, Eva, Boden, and Luke; brother, Dr. David Rindfusz and his wife Trudy, as well as many family members in Indiana and elsewhere.

A celebration of Life will be held at 4:00pm on Thursday, January 14th, at the Lake House at Blue Lake Park.

Visit batemancarrollfunerals.com for additional information.

 
Last Updated: 01-11-2016 Alumni ID: 14287
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