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Burial will be in Atlanta Cemetery. Military rites
will be conducted.
Quiram-Peasley Funeral Home in Atlanta is in
charge of arrangements.
Mr. Kindred was employed by Prudential Insurance
Co. for 18 years and then worked for Schmidt-Marcotte
Implement Co. until his retirement in 1990. He
previously managed the service station at the corner
of Arch and Vine streets in Atlanta.
He served in the U.S. Army.
He was born March 15, 1925, at Deaconess Hospital
in Lincoln to William Fountain and Anna Electa
Kindred. Robert was the seventh of eight children
and the fourth son. He married Helen Vogt on Feb.
18, 1951, and she died Jan. 17, 1996. He then
married Mary E. Ogg on Oct. 12, 2002. She survives.
He is also survived by two daughters, Linda (and
Gary) Allen of Indianapolis, Ind., and Janet (and
Paul) Wisniewski of Ottawa; one stepdaughter,
Rosemary (and Doug) Lowery of Decatur; five
grandsons, Jeremy (and Emily) Allen of Indianapolis,
Michael Allen of Bailey, Colo., Joel Allen of
Indianapolis, and Timothy and Andrew Wisniewski of
Ottawa; one step-grandson, Robert Lowery of Chatham;
two stepgranddaughters, Becky (and Phil) Heppner of
Fayetteville, Ark., and Debby (and Scott) Inman of
Mount Pulaski; 10 step-great-grandchildren, Allison,
Anna, Reagan and Maggie Heppner, Max, Jude, Brooke
and Page Lowery, and Madison and Reece Inman.
He was also preceded in death by four brothers
and three sisters.
Robert's Grandfather Kindred and family migrated
from Kentucky to Illinois in the fall of 1881,
driving through in a covered wagon with a blind team
and chain harness. It took 21 days to make the trip,
and the family settled in the Moore's Mill area.
Robert's parents lived in the Ebenezer community
and he attended New Kentucky Grade School until they
moved to the Dunham property west of Atlanta. He
then attended Atlanta Grade School and Atlanta High
School, graduating in 1943.
Robert was very much into all sports during high
school, but baseball was his real love, and as a
left-handed pitcher he developed a good curveball.
After high school, he played ball with the
Bloomington Municipal League, sometimes having to
hitchhike to get there, and also played for Atlanta
in the Tri-Valley League, which caused him to pitch
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In 1948, Robert received an invitation to try out
for the Chicago Cubs, but "Uncle Sam" had also sent
an invitation for him to report for duty for his
country. While stationed in Texas, he enjoyed
pitching on the camp team.
Upon his discharge, he returned home and became
manager of the Blue Seal station in Atlanta. With
Robert's sense of humor, the station became a
favorite place for many to share stories and a lot
of laughs. Robert was home about six weeks when he
received an invitation from a minor league in Texas
to join them for spring training. The invitation
came through a scout seeing him pitch on the Army
team. It didn't take long for Robert to hire someone
to manage the station, pack his bags and head to
Texas to hear the call "play ball."
He signed with the Colts and later with the
Longhorns, where he played until he injured his arm,
thus putting an end to his career. Today, this type
of injury could be corrected.
He returned to Atlanta to manage the service
station until selling it in 1957.
Robert was a member of the Atlanta Christian
Church. He loved his Lord, his family and friends,
his country, and his hometown, Atlanta. He left a
prayer that all his family and friends would meet
him in heaven.
Memorials may be made to Atlanta Christian
Church, Atlanta United Methodist Church, Atlanta
Assembly God, Hopedale Nursing Home, Atlanta
Betterment Fund or the A-Team.
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