- Date Of Birth: January 16, 1932
- Date Of Death: October 9, 2022
- State: Massachusetts
NORTH ANDOVER – Robert (DiGregorio) Gregory, age 90, a longtime resident of Groveland, MA, passed away on October 9, 2022, surrounded by family members. He was born to Joseph (DiGregorio) Gregory and Theresa (D’Amelio) Gregory on January 16, 1932 in Boston. Bob graduated from the former Stockbridge College in Amherst, MA. He was drafted into the Army in 1952 and originally trained as a combat medic in anticipation of deployment to the Korean War. The Army switched his assignment to have him train as a Veterinary Food Inspector and he was instead sent to post-war Germany to inspect food supplies for Allied Forces rebuilding Europe.
As fate would have it, Bob met the love of his life when he was buying a ticket for a dance on post from a beautiful WAC (Women’s Army Corps) named Arzella “Artie” Barnard from Indiana. A whirlwind romance took place and they were married in January 1955 locally by the town’s Burger Meister and then by an Army Priest at a full ceremony. Together, they celebrated over 67 years of marriage and had 5 children (Michael Gregory (and his wife, Karen) of Boise, ID. Robert (Bob) Gregory (and his wife, Sherry) of Lexington, Nebraska.
Bob was a sportsman who played football, hockey and basketball in school. He loved to hunt and fish as an adult.
