This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: MabelGrubbe Surnames: Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.texas.counties.bexar/2603.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Robert "Bob" Tosh Robert "Bob" Tosh published several small West Texas community newspapers before moving to San Antonio and opening a printing business. Tosh, 64, died Sunday in St. Luke's Lutheran Hospital of cancer. In the 1960s, Tosh published Lubbock community papers, including two serving black and Hispanic audiences, that featured local news, said Cherie Tosh, his wife of 47 years. "When we lived in Lubbock he printed newspapers; one for the Mexican community and another for (blacks) and another on Lubbock's north side," she said. "We had the South Plains Farm Review, and it was for farmers in the area. "People sent in their own information. Black people sent in information they couldn't get in the local paper all the time. It was local news. It was a service to the community. It was a free paper paid for by advertising. We gave it out free every Thursday." 'Dear Neighbor' Tosh was a native of Snyder. In addition to living in Lubbock, the couple also lived in Amarillo and Wichita Falls, where Tosh wrote a weekly column called "Dear Neighbor," in which he investigated problems readers asked about. "He loved doing that going out and solving problems and challenges that were different each time," said his daughter, Paula Porter, of Houston. "My father had a gift for gab like you wouldn't believe." The couple moved to San Antonio in 1975 to be closer to their children. "My son was stationed at Fort Sam, and my daughter was in San Antonio so we decided we wanted to be down here, too," his wife said. The move signaled the end of more than 40 years of work in the printing industry. "After we moved here we went out of the printing industry and into the rubber stamp and engraving industry," she said. The result was Stamp-It Products, which opened 10 years ago. Met at school dance The couple met at a high school dance and soon fell in love. "It was a Halloween dance, a costume dance . One of my girlfriends introduced us and we just hit it off real well. I was with another boy, and we just kind of swapped dates. We finished high school together and got married after that." Tosh at first did not intend to work in the printing business. "My father was a printer. He learned the trade from him. His father was a candy salesman he tried that for a little while but he enjoyed printing much better," she said. "He studied (at Lubbock's Draughon Business College) to be a bookkeeper." Tosh's affinity for friends and strangers alike led him to serve as deacon at Northwest Hills Baptist Church five years ago, Porter said. "He knew no strangers. If he didn't know someone, it was just somebody he hadn't had a chance to meet yet," she said. In addition to his wife and daughter, Tosh is survived by two sons, Michael Tosh, of Mexico City, and John Tosh, of Heidelberg, Germany. Services were scheduled at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Sunset Memorial Park Mausoleum Chapel No. 2. Entombment will follow. San Antonio Express-News San Antonio, Texas December 2, 1992 Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.