[AGL] my Bob Vennell

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I think Bob really liked and respected women.  He was an only child brought up by his mom to whom he was close.  I never heard about a father.

A couple years back I was at Macy's and as I went to a check out counter a woman approached at the same time.  I told her to go on first as I was not in a hurry.  She wanted to return a bedspread her husband did not like.  I joked she could return her husband and keep the bedspread.  She said,. "No, he's a wonderful husband".  The checker needed an ID for the return so the woman pulled out her license.  I saw the last name as Vennell.  I said I used to know a man last name of Vennell, and was her husband Bob?  It was. 
Susan Todd Kramer


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From: Fontaine Maverick <fontainem at att.net>
To: survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the 60s <austin-ghetto-list at pairlist.net>
Sent: Sat, Jun 6, 2020 3:49 pm
Subject: Re: [AGL] my Bob Vennell

I was always fond of Bob V. Been debating whether to say this but what the hell. He was a wonderful lover. 
   Fontaine
 

    On Friday, June 5, 2020, 06:40:35 AM CDT, Frances Morey <frances.morey at gmail.com> wrote:  
 
 For me he was an enduring presence as barkeep at the Driskill Hotel. He was an elegant gentleman with a bemused mysterious expression, almost like the Mona Lisa.  RIP Bob.Best,Frances
On Fri, Jun 5, 2020 at 5:07 AM Michael Eisenstadt <eisenstadt0 at gmail.com> wrote:

I met Bob Vennell the same year Ed Guinn started UT. Bob had come to UT 
to get a masters in engineering but immediately realized that he had 
fallen into Austin-Daze in the 60s. The rest is herstory. Early on he 
established a weekly poker game. I always lost a card games as a 
teenager so never caught the bug. But Vennell and I were always buds 
(his term). The last time I saw Vennell was at his 75th birthday at Mike 
Kleinman's enterprise on South Lamar.
I never met his current wife/widow but one of the loves of his life will 
read my Bob Vennell.



  
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