- Date Of Birth: April 9, 1940
- Date Of Death: November 12, 2014
- State: Connecticut
Robert Johnston age 74 of Clearwater Florida and longtime resident of Fairfield passed away peacefully in his home with his loving family by his side on Wednesday, November 12, 2014. . Born in Fairfield he was the son of the late George Johnston & Marie Collins Johnston. Having attended both Andrew Warde & Fairfield Prep, Bob served his country in the United States Air Force. He returned home to Fairfield to open his very successful business Fairfield Transmission in 1961 and is still in operation today. He retired several years ago and has spent most of that time at his home in Clearwater Fl. As a local business man Bob became well known in the community and developed many relationships that became the business model for his success. In the mid 1980’s Bob was invited and traveled to Munich Germany to repair American made automatic transmissions and conducted training to the German mechanics on how to rebuild American made automatic transmissions. Bob was a member of the Belleview Biltmore Golf Club in Belleair Florida and was a past member of The Patterson Club & Black Rock Yacht Club. He was also a past member of the Fairfield Elks, the Fairfield Rotary Club and volunteered as a wish grantor for the Make A Wish Foundation.
