Obituary for
Robert Edison Kimball Jr.
Robert Edison Kimball, Jr. passed away on Sunday, February 26th, 2017 in Spring Hill, Florida. Mr. Kimball is survived by his wife Suzanne Walthall Kimball of Fredericksburg, VA; sons Robert Paul of Abingdon, MD, Steven Howard of Bear, DE, Thomas Richard of Westminster, MD, and daughter, Christine Selena of Land O'Lakes, FL. He is also survived by grandchildren Christina, Michael, Alex, Kyra, and Arius. He was preceded in death by parents Robert Edison, Sr. and Elizabeth Sasser Kimball, as well as first wife Marion Helbig Kimball and granddaughter Justice Bullock. He was the great-grandfather of four as well as Uncle to many nephews and nieces. He was a friend to everyone he ever met.
Mr. Kimball was born October 17, 1933 in Conway, SC and upon moving to Kensington, MD, joined the United States Navy as a Marine-assigned Hospital Corpsman during the Korean Conflict. (In doing so, HM2 Robert Kimball led the way for his son JO2 Steven Kimball and grandson AO2 Alex Kimball in securing a three-generation US Navy Legacy family).
He returned home to marry Marion Helbig and brought up three children while working in the photogametry field and at several printing firms. He later married Suzanne Wathall in 1985, whom which he spent the rest of his life while residing in Virginia and later Florida.
Spending the bulk of his life in and around the Washington DC/Fredericksburg, VA area, he joined several community-action lodges including the Moose, the Elks, and finally the Eagles. If there was a way to help in the community outreach of these brotherhoods, Mr. Kimball would find himself working hard, if not lead, these fellowships.
Mr. Kimball valued loyalty and friendship among all else. To all his family members, he was known as the one member you could count on to help and among his friends as the best friend they'd ever had.
Services will be held at
Laurel Hill Funeral Home in Spotsylvania, VA at 12:00 pm on March 6, 2017 followed by burial with full military honors at Sunset Memorial Gardens, in Fredericksburg, VA. A wake will follow at the Fredericksburg VFW Memorial Hall #3103, Fredericksburg, VA. Attendees are asked to bring a covered dish to share with everyone as was it was Mr. Kimball's wish to have everyone share in the celebration of his life as well the bounty of which he was blessed with.
Flowers can be sent to Laurel Hill Funeral Home or a donation made in Mr. Kimball's honor to the US Navy Memorial Foundation.
