Robert Emmett MCCORMICK^[1]

1906 - 1988  (81 years)

• Name	Robert Emmett MCCORMICK
  Born	6 Sep 1906	St Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Civil engineer, City Manager
  Died	1 Jul 1988	Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii
  Person ID	I21012	Main
  Last Modified	9 Jun 2009

  
  

  Family	Josephine Miriam HANLEY,   b. 4 Jun 1906, Mandan, Morton, N Dakota ,   d. 20 Feb 1976, Bellevue, King, Washington  (Age 69 years)
  Children	1. Robert Emmett MCCORMICK,   b. 13 Jul 1927, Mandan, Morton, N Dakota ,   d. 19 Aug 1950, Korea  (Age 23 years)
  Last Modified	19 Dec 2023
  Family ID	F6893	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 6 Sep 1906 - St Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  Robert worked for the ND Highway Dept., as a Civil Engineer. When he married they lived in the home of his wife's father in Mandan, ND. After WWII broke out, he and his wife and four son's moved to Great Falls, MT. in 1942, He was a City Engineer in Great Falls. After his oldest son Robert Jr. was killed in the Koren War, the family removed to Bellevue, WA, and started a home building business called R.E.McCormick & Sons, with sons Jim and Terry. Later he became City Manager of Bellevue, WA, and then Dir. of Public Works untill he retired in 1974. In 1978 the City of Bellevue named a Park in his honor for all the good work he accomplished for the city. He was a person who got things done, and in a good way. He removed to Honolulu, HI in 1983 with his son Terry, and after he died in 1988 he was cremated and with the ashes of his wife Josephine they were put in the "Robert E. McCormick Park" in Bellevue, WA, in that part of the Park at NE 12th St. and 112th Ave. NE.

  
  

• Sources

  [S44] Orcutt_001 gedcom file, Robert Waddell.