- Date Of Birth: May 6, 1953
- Date Of Death: October 22, 2008
- State: Indiana
Robert J. “Bob” Ramos, 55, of Stevens Avenue, died Wednesday (Oct. 22, 2008) at 8:25 p.m. at Elkhart General Hospital after an extended illness.
He was born May 6, 1953, in Chicago to Julio and Oralia (Silva) Ramos. He married Hortense Hernandez on Jan. 12, 1996, in Wheaton, Ill.
She survives as well as a brother, Benedict “Benny” Ramos of Chicago, and his father, of Monterrey, Mexico.
He was preceded in death by a brother, Julio Ramos Jr., and his mother.
Mr. Ramos grew up in Chicago, where he was very active in his local parish as an acolyte and altar boy. He joined the U.S. Army in the early 1970s, becoming a paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division and serving in Greece, Spain and Panama. He served many years and left after suffering a disabling injury on a jump. He then became a machine operator, working for several Chicago area industries, and also served as police officer in Rockford, Ill. and Beloit, Wis., over the next 30 years. He had only recently moved to the Elkhart area to be with family and had worked as a truck driver until retiring early due to illness. He enjoyed his family, working out at the YMCA, raising pitbull terriers and boxers and two pets, a pitbull named Bumper and a chihuahua named Lil’ Gaby.
