- Date Of Birth: October 11, 1929
- Date Of Death: January 23, 2015
- State: Indiana
William Robert Bob Preusz, 85, of Vincennes, passed away Friday, January 23, 2015, at 2:29 PM at the Good Samaritan Hospital with his family at his bedside. He was born October 11, 1929, in Vincennes the son of William Patrick and Wilda Eva Dunham Preusz.
He was a 1949 graduate of Lincoln High School. He served his country in the U. S. Army during the Korean War in the Army Transport Corps. He married Diane Bratton on January 12, 1952, and they made their life together for 63 years. He was a devoted husband, father, grandfather, and great grandfather, and nothing was more important than family, faith, and home. He owned and operated the ENCO service station at 6th and Busseron early in his career and he retired as an Insurance agent and manager of the United Insurance Company of America. He was a member of the Old Cathedral Catholic Church, a 4th-degree member of the Knights of Columbus, he served as a faithful navigator, Elks, American Legion, Hoosier Cruisers Antique Club, he was a life member of the Vincennes Jaycees, a former bus driver for route 5 of the Vincennes School Corp and was an instructor of the Service Station Management Program at Vincennes University. He is survived by his wife, Diane Preusz, and their children, Susan Nesbitt, and her husband Don of Vincennes, Michael Preusz of Vincennes, and Judy Jerrell, and her husband, Richard Rick of Vincennes. Their grandchildren, William Will Nesbitt and his wife Laura, Eric Nesbitt, and his wife Dr. Lindsay Nesbitt MD, Erica Lynn Preusz, Aaron Preusz, Jacob Preusz, Katie Preusz, Cory Jerrell, and Justin Jerrell. Their great-grandchildren Sophia Nesbitt, Jackson Nesbitt, Ella Nesbitt, William Liam Nesbitt, a brother Gerald Preusz, and his wife Sandy of Vincennes and several nieces and nephews also survive.
He was preceded in death by his parents, 2 brothers, Harry and Charles Preusz, and 2 sisters, Helen Brubaker and June Curry.
