Biography

Robert H. Schaublin died on July 16, 2006. Arrangements under the direction of Olinger Chapel Hill Mortuary & Cemetery in Littleton , CO .

Robert Henry Schaublin
November 22, 1911 – July 16, 2006

Robert Schaublin grew up in Bluffton , Ohio . He was an Eagle Scout and served as Scout Master for two years. In high school, he was a member of the basketball team that won all of its games except for the final State Basketball Tournament, where they lost by two points.

Bob graduated from Bluffton College with a science major. He earned twelve varsity letters in football, basketball and track. In 1985 he was inducted into the Bluffton College Sports Hall of Fame.

After receiving his M.A. from Ohio State , Bob taught science and coached at Rising Sun, Centerburg, and Marengo High Schools in Ohio . World War II started and Robert left Marengo to serve as an athletic director in the U.S. Army Air Corps. He received a leave of absence in 1942 to come back to Marengo to marry Evelyn Fuller and then returned to his tour of duty.
When the war was over, Bob became director of education and rehabilitation in the V.A. Hospital .

In 1949 he moved to St. Clair Shores , Mich. , where he served as high school principal at Lakeview for 28 years. Robert was then called out of retirement to serve as interim superintendent and to help pass the local school bond issue. The board named the new 2000-seat school auditorium in his honor.

Robert and Evelyn then volunteered a year at Sheldon Jackson State College in Sitka , Alaska . Then they moved to a home on the bank of the St. Clair River where Bob sailed, fished and had a large garden and orchard. A cabin in Colorado was enjoyed and Robert snow skied until he was past 80. Bob was active in many professional and charitable organizations, along with serving as an elder in Lakeshore Presbyterian Church.

In 2002, Bob and Evelyn moved to Colorado to be near their two daughters. Robert Schaublin is survived by his wife of 63 years, Evelyn, his daughter, Susan, her husband, Milton, grandchildren Charles, Jessica, Jason, daughter, Sara, and her husband, Kenneth Moran. His grandson, Daniel Stockmyer, preceded him in death.

In commenting on his years at Bluffton Collage and his later endeavors, Robert noted, “ Bluffton College imbued me with a great interest in competitive sports along with clean Christian living. This interest led me to teaching and coaching, and to become a school administrator who developed a strong athletic program. I firmly believed in good discipline and a strong, well-rounded academic and athletic program. The school yearbook stated that you see Mr. Schaublin at just about every school function, and that’s the way I stayed close to the kids.”

Friends and family may go to www.mem.com to view Robert’s Memorial Slide Show and leave comments.

A memorial program will be held in the Lakeview H.S. Schaublin Auditorium in October. Everyone is invited. Memorial donations can be sent to:

American Cancer Society