This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Gavic, Quy, Bochenski, Delaney, Traynor, Anderson, Trealoff, Duffy, Rudesill, Emerson, Brooks, Johnson, Hanson, Schneewind, Sortedahl, Johnson, Furuglyas Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3FC.2ACI/3585 Message Board Post: Robert R. (Bob) Gavic Friday, May 28, 2004 Robert R. (Bob) Gavic, a well-known trial attorney, died at his home in Spring Valley on Thursday, May 20. Surviving are his wife, Mary; children Jorv (Jaci) Gavic of River Falls, Jeri (Sam) Quy of Woodbury, Minn., Jean Gavic (Louis Bochenski) of Woodbury, Minn., and Kari (John) Delaney of Stillwater; a brother, Ralph (Pat) Gavic; a sister–in-law, Janet Gavic; his stepchildren, Todd (Corrie) Traynor of Rocklin, Calif., Lori Traynor of River Falls, Tom (Rosie) Traynor of Irvine, Calif., and Mike Traynor of Chicago; 13 grandchildren, Kaci, Brandon, Collin and Mackenzie Gavic, Olivia Quy; Lindsey and Kathryn Anderson, Kiandra Trealoff, Kevin, Megan, Walker, Ayden and Korinn Delaney; and four step-grandchildren, Tyler, Kathleen, Aiden and Brenden Traynor. Preceding him in death were his parents, Rudolph and Matilda Gavic; his two brothers, Vernon Gavic and an infant child; and his first wife, Violet, with whom he had four children. He was born Nov. 8, 1926, in Spring Valley and baptized and confirmed at St. John’s Lutheran Church. After graduating from Spring Valley High School in 1944, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy Air Corps, serving as a radio operator until his honorable discharge in 1946. After his discharge from the military, he attended the University of Wisconsin-River Falls, and subsequently Drake University Law School in Des Moines, Iowa, where he graduated with a bachelor of law degree in 1951. He was admitted to the Iowa Bar in May 1951 and was then appointed as a special agent for the Federal Bureau of Investigation. In 1953, he resigned his appointment and was admitted to the Wisconsin Bar to begin his private practice of law in his hometown of Spring Valley. In addition to his extensive law practice, he was involved in many community activities. He was a member of Wisconsin American Legion Post No. 227. He was one of those most responsible for the construction of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Eau Galle dam, the reservoir and park, the annexation of properties necessary to the growth of Spring Valley, the purchase and modernization of the Bank of Spring Valley, the construction of the Spring Valley Golf Course and the present post office. Together with a few Vikings football players and others he formed a fast food franchise known as “The Quarterback Club.” As a boy he worked in his father’s automobile agency, and clerked at the Davis Store in Spring Valley while in high school. He was known as a fierce competitor on the basketball court, both in high school and college. Old-timers remember the famous Duffy’s Darlings baseball team of 1947, with Harry Duffy of Duffy’s Cleaners as coach and its players Bob Gavic, Bill Rudesill, Gordon Emerson, Byron and “Cub” Brooks, Al Johnson, Lefty Hanson and others. This competitiveness carried over into his practice of law. He was a gifted trial lawyer who took on difficult cases from many parts of the state. He developed cases through his own personal investigations, did his own trial preparation and research, and tried them alone in both state and federal court. Funeral services were at 2 p.m. Sunday, May 23, at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Spring Valley with Rev. Christine Schneewind and Rev. Kenneth Sortedahl officiating. Burial was in St. John’s Lutheran Cemetery in Spring Valley where Rickerd-Danielson American Legion Post No. 227 performed military honors. Pallbearers were Paul Gavic, Tom Gavic, Jim Gavic, Ken Sortedahl II, Gary Johnson and Jim Furuglyas. Keehr Funeral Home, Spring Valley, handled arrangements. © 2004 Hudson Star-Observer - Reposted by permission http://www.hudsonstarobserver.com/main.asp?Search=1&ArticleID=10768&SectionID=3&SubSectionID=54&S=1