[AGL] my Bob Vennell

[Charles Loving]

'Do not stand at my grave and weep,
I am not there, I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow,
I am the diamond glints on snow.
I am the sunlight on ripened grain,
I am the gentle autum's rain.
When you awaken in the morning's hush,
I am the swift uplifting rush
Of quiet birds in circled flight.
I am the stars that shine at night.
Do not stand at my grave and cry,
I am not there, I did not die....

Anon

On Sun, Jun 7, 2020 at 7:59 PM Susan's husband? via Austin-ghetto-list <
austin-ghetto-list at pairlist.net> wrote:

> 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
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> 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.
>
>
>

-- 
Charlie Loving
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