
Robert Lucas - 80
June 10, 2022
Toledo, OH
Robert W. Lucas 1942 - 2022Bob Lucas was born to Kenneth and Edna Lucas on June 9, 1942 in Bellaire, Ohio the second of four children. ) He died at home in Pemberville, OH June 10,2022. Bob grew up on the family farm in Centerville in Belmont County, OH. He sustained a lifelong love for this part of southeastern Ohio. Going home was a through line in his life and each visit eagerly anticipated. Realizing early that farming would not be his desired career, he attended The Ohio State University, completing his degree in Finance at Capital University in Columbus, OH. A personal highlight was serving as a page in the Ohio Senate 104th General Assembly in 1964. He later achieved an advanced degree at the Stonier Graduate School of Banking at Rutgers University in NJ. At the age of twenty Bob enlisted in the Army 2D Special Forces Group, ultimately becoming a member of the successor 2BDN 11th Special Forces Group and retiring as Command Sargent Major. In this role Bob completed over 150 parachute jumps and. . .