 1932 - 2015 (82 years)
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| Name |
Robert George Webb |
| Born |
24 Aug 1932 |
Hancock County, Maine, USA  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
2 May 2015 |
Aberdeen, South Dakota, USA |
| Buried |
Riverside Memorial Park, Aberdeen, Brown County, South Dakota, United States |
| Person ID |
I23596 |
Family Tree |
| Last Modified |
14 Jul 2017 |
| Father |
George Henry Webb, b. 23 Sep 1907, Van Buren Township, Iowa, USA , d. 5 Feb 1996, Owatonna, Minnesota, USA (Age 88 years) |
| Mother |
Dorothy Lucille Oster, b. 22 Sep 1909, Eureka, South Dakota, USA , d. 13 Mar 2000, Aberdeen, South Dakota, USA (Age 90 years) |
| Married |
31 Aug 1930 |
Rochester, Minnesota, USA |
| Divorced |
Yes |
| Family ID |
F11641 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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 | Born - 24 Aug 1932 - Hancock County, Maine, USA |
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 | Married - 10 Jul 1961 - Codington County, South Dakota, USA |
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 | Died - 2 May 2015 - Aberdeen, South Dakota, USA |
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 | Buried - - Riverside Memorial Park, Aberdeen, Brown County, South Dakota, United States |
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| Notes |
- The Mass of Christian Burial for Dr. Robert G. Webb, 82, Aberdeen, is 10:30 a.m., Thursday, May 7, 2015 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church with Father Shane Stevens, Celebrant. Burial will follow at Riverside Memorial Park, with military honors by Sidney L. Smith American Legion Post 24. Dr. Webb died Saturday, May 2, at Avera St. Luke?s Hospital.
Visitation is 1:00-7:00 p.m. Wednesday, with family present from 6:00-7:00 p.m. and a Wake service at 7:00 p.m. at Spitzer-Miller Funeral Home, 1111 S. Main St.
Robert George Webb was born in Rochester, MN on August 24, 1932 to George Henry and Dorothy Lucille (Oster) Webb. As a child he moved to Aberdeen, SD with his mother and younger sister Beverly. He was educated in the Aberdeen public schools, graduating from Aberdeen Central High School in 1950. Immediately following high school graduation he entered the United States Army and served at Camp Carson, Colorado and in Korea. For active military service he was awarded the Good Conduct Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, and the Korean Campaign Medal with Three Bronze Stars, the United Nations Service Medal, the Republic of Korea War Service Medal, and the Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation. After his discharge from active military service in 1952 he spent twenty-six years in reserve components of the United States Army as both an enlisted man and commissioned officer, finally retiring 1986.
In 1952 Dr. Webb entered Northern State University where he earned a B. S. Degree in Education in 1956. From 1956 to 1965 he taught history and political science at public schools in South Dakota, Wisconsin, Florida, and the United Kingdom. He received his M. A. Degree at the University of South Dakota in 1962 and his Ph. D. Degree from Ball State University in 1974, where he was a Teaching Fellow. He also studied at the Newberry Library in Chicago, IL in 1979 and the U. S. Military Academy at West Point, NY in 1983.
From 1965 to 1967 Dr. Webb was a Teaching Fellow at Ball State University. He then served as an Assistant Professor of History at Kearney State University in the 1967-68 academic year and from 1968 through 1994 he was an Assistant, Associate, and Professor of History at Northern State University (NSU). As an educator Dr. Webb was an innovative instructor who always challenged his students to excel in their academic endeavors. During his twenty-six years at NSU he guided students in a numerous course offerings, including introductory classes in World Civilization and American History and advanced courses in the American Civil War, Twentieth Century United States History, World War II, American Military History, Historical Research and Writing, and Social Science Teaching Methods. He also chaired the Department of Social Sciences and History, was Acting Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences, was Co-Director of the Oral History Center, served on the editorial board of the Northern Social Science Review, was active in Pi Gamma Mu, and was a member of numerous college committees. The South Dakota Board of Regents named Dr. Webb an Emeritus Professor of History in 1994.
In addition to his responsibilities at Northern State University, Dr. Webb served on the Aberdeen and Brown County Landmarks Commission, the Dakota Prairie Museum Board of Trustees, the Dakota Prairie Museum Foundation Board, and the South Dakota Humanities Council. He was also a member of numerous professional organizations during his teaching career, including the National Education Association, the South Dakota Education Association, the Council of Higher Education, the American Historical Association, the Organization of American Historians, the Western History Association, the Oral History Association, the Society for Military History, the American Association for State and Local History, and the South Dakota State Historical Society. Dr. Webb was also responsible for helping to establish the Dakota Midlands Corral of Westerners International in Aberdeen, SD in 1973, and was a member of both the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Dr. Webb was the recipient of numerous awards during his professional life, including the Anglo-American Teacher Interchange Award of the Fulbright-Hays Act in 1963-64, during which time he taught at St. Helena School in Chesterfield, England. He also received Teaching Fellowships at Ball State University in 1965-66 and 1966-67 and Northern State University Sabbatical Leaves in 1983 and 1989. In 1989, 1991, and 1997 he received Richard Cropp Awards in Military History for presentations at the Dakota History Conference. He also received the Dakota History Conference Award for Distinguished Contributions to the Preservation of the History of South Dakota and Dakota Territory in 1994 and in 1996 he received a Certificate of Commendation from the American Association for State and Local History for Contributions to the Understanding of South Dakota History.
Dr. Webb viewed teaching and research as a unifying element in his professional life and in addition to his work in the classroom he published a number of articles in scholarly journals, tape recorded over 100 oral history interviews with World War I, World War II, Korean War, and Berlin Crisis military veterans, and prepared several slide shows on the participation of South Dakotans in the nation?s wars. The interviews and slide presentations are part of the South Dakota National Guard Historical Resource Collection in the Williams Library at Northern State University.
Dr. Webb is survived by his wife of 53 years, Kathleen Curtice Webb of Aberdeen, SD, for whom he had a deep and abiding love; four wonderful children, Kevin Webb (Marilyn) of Norman, OK; Stephen Webb (Junko) of Los Angeles, CA; Laura Webb Stewart (Bill) of Surprise, AZ; and Dr. Daryl Webb (Dr. Julie) of New Berlin, WI; one sister, Beverly Webb Donnell and her husband Robert Evans Donnell of El Cajon, CA; three grandchildren, Katrina Saya Webb of Los Angeles, CA and Thomas and Michael Webb of New Berlin, WI; and seven nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his parents, step-father, Leonard Zumm, sister, Elizabeth Jean Webb and his grandson John Robert Webb. Dr. Webb cherished every family member and derived a great deal of personal pleasure from their individual successes in life. He will be deeply missed by his wife and family.
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