Robert Munger
August 26, 1919 — August 26, 2008
Robert Munger
Robert Daniel Munger, born August 26, 1919 in Signal Hill, Illinois, the son of Robert Parks Munger and Carrie Ellen Sprecher Munger, passed away Tuesday, August 26, 2008, his 89th birthday.
At Miamisburg (Ohio) High School, he played on a championship football team, was valedictorian and newspaper editor. He attended Illinois College and graduated from Northwestern University.
Bob was a WWII U.S. Naval Lieutenant, assigned to the South Pacific. While attempting to land his LST on Mindoro Island to be harbormaster, two Japanese kamikaze planes struck. A patrol craft rammed the LST, providing a bridge to safety.
Following discharge, Bob graduated from the American Institute of Foreign Trade and became VP of Ohio Paper Company. He and his wife moved to San Juan, Puerto Rico where he worked as a management consultant.
In 1957, they came to Little Rock where Bob became President and CEO of Southern Asphalt Roofing Corporation. He was a founding partner of the Westside Tennis Club, captain of four USTA state championship teams and a lifelong tennis and exercise enthusiast.
An elder and deacon in the Presbyterian Church, he was President of the Men's Bible Class at Second Presbyterian for 25 years. A board member of the Boy Scouts of America, the Central YMCA and the Salvation Army, he was also Vice-President of the Peace Through Strength organization and State Chairman and a volunteer counselor of SCORE. Formerly a member of the Downtown Rotary Club, Riverdale and Pleasant Valley Country Clubs, the American Legion, the VFW and the Razorback Club, many will remember him for his Arkansas Democrat-Gazette letters to the editor.
A devoted husband of 53 years and loving father of four, he is survived by his wife, Jean; children, Carol Jones (Dr. Bruce) of Jonesboro, Robert T. Munger (Paula) of Augusta, Georgia, and Melissa Lee Moore (Rev. David) and Marjorie Watkins, both of Little Rock; and a sister, Mary Ellen Stonecash of Dayton. He was a proud "Grandpa" to ten grandchildren, Daniel (Andrea), Christopher (Ashley) and Elizabeth Jones, David, Matthew and John Michael Lee, Sarah and Gregory Watkins, and Emily and Audrey Munger. Two nephews and a niece also survive.
Friday interment at Arkansas State Veterans Cemetery will precede services at Second Presbyterian Church on Saturday, September 6 at 2:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent to Second Presbyterian Church,600 Pleasant Valley Dr., Little Rock, AR 72227; Boy Scouts of America, 3220 Cantrell Rd., Little Rock, AR 72202; or the Salvation Army, 1111 W. Markham, Little Rock, AR 72201.
Arrangements by Little Rock Funeral Home, 8801 Knoedl Ct. (NW corner I-630 and Barrow Rd.), Little Rock, (501)224-2200. You may sign Bob's online guestbook at www.littlerockfuneralhome.com.
At Miamisburg (Ohio) High School, he played on a championship football team, was valedictorian and newspaper editor. He attended Illinois College and graduated from Northwestern University.
Bob was a WWII U.S. Naval Lieutenant, assigned to the South Pacific. While attempting to land his LST on Mindoro Island to be harbormaster, two Japanese kamikaze planes struck. A patrol craft rammed the LST, providing a bridge to safety.
Following discharge, Bob graduated from the American Institute of Foreign Trade and became VP of Ohio Paper Company. He and his wife moved to San Juan, Puerto Rico where he worked as a management consultant.
In 1957, they came to Little Rock where Bob became President and CEO of Southern Asphalt Roofing Corporation. He was a founding partner of the Westside Tennis Club, captain of four USTA state championship teams and a lifelong tennis and exercise enthusiast.
An elder and deacon in the Presbyterian Church, he was President of the Men's Bible Class at Second Presbyterian for 25 years. A board member of the Boy Scouts of America, the Central YMCA and the Salvation Army, he was also Vice-President of the Peace Through Strength organization and State Chairman and a volunteer counselor of SCORE. Formerly a member of the Downtown Rotary Club, Riverdale and Pleasant Valley Country Clubs, the American Legion, the VFW and the Razorback Club, many will remember him for his Arkansas Democrat-Gazette letters to the editor.
A devoted husband of 53 years and loving father of four, he is survived by his wife, Jean; children, Carol Jones (Dr. Bruce) of Jonesboro, Robert T. Munger (Paula) of Augusta, Georgia, and Melissa Lee Moore (Rev. David) and Marjorie Watkins, both of Little Rock; and a sister, Mary Ellen Stonecash of Dayton. He was a proud "Grandpa" to ten grandchildren, Daniel (Andrea), Christopher (Ashley) and Elizabeth Jones, David, Matthew and John Michael Lee, Sarah and Gregory Watkins, and Emily and Audrey Munger. Two nephews and a niece also survive.
Friday interment at Arkansas State Veterans Cemetery will precede services at Second Presbyterian Church on Saturday, September 6 at 2:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent to Second Presbyterian Church,600 Pleasant Valley Dr., Little Rock, AR 72227; Boy Scouts of America, 3220 Cantrell Rd., Little Rock, AR 72202; or the Salvation Army, 1111 W. Markham, Little Rock, AR 72201.
Arrangements by Little Rock Funeral Home, 8801 Knoedl Ct. (NW corner I-630 and Barrow Rd.), Little Rock, (501)224-2200. You may sign Bob's online guestbook at www.littlerockfuneralhome.com.
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