Retired aerospace engineer
Robert Alexander Weatherup, who worked as an aerospace engineer after a long career as a U.S. Naval officer, died in his Portola Valley home on December 6, two weeks before his 87th birthday.
Born in rural New York state, Mr. Weatherup graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1940, and later earned graduate degrees from the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School and the California Institute of Technology.
He served in World War II -- his recognitions for that service included a Purple Heart -- and the Korean War. He also was professor of naval science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Mr. Weatherup married Kathryn Hesser in 1943, and the couple and their family lived in Massachusetts, New York, Maryland, Washington, Missouri and several California cities, including San Jose.
After retirement from the Navy in 1961, Mr. Weatherup worked as an aerospace engineer for Douglas Aircraft Co., McDonnell Douglas Co., and Lockheed.
In recent years, Mr. Weatherup lived in Portola Valley with his daughter, Ann W. Gage, and her husband, Stanley. Mr. Weatherup was preceded in death by his wife, Kathryn.
In addition to Ann and Stanley Gage, Mr. Weatherup is survived by two sons, Roy of Northridge, California, and John of Lincoln, California; six grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
A memorial service is scheduled for Saturday, January 10, at 11 a.m. at Evergreen Valley United Methodist Church, 3520 San Felipe Road, San Jose.
In lieu of flowers, the family prefers that memorial donations be made to the Evergreen Valley Church or to the Peninsula Volunteers Meals on Wheels program in Menlo Park, where Mr. Weatherup volunteered for the past two years."
Source: The Almanac Online, Menlo Park, Atherton, Portola Valley, Woodside (CA), Publication Date: Wednesday, December 31, 2003
Bob Weatherup was married to my (half) 2nd cousin, 2 times removed.
Mary Elizabeth Tapley
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Me
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Linda Irene Tapley
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My mother
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Ethel Irene Ranney
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My
grandmother
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Luther Boardman Ranney
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My great-grandfather
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Mary Margaret Hesser
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My
2nd great-grandmother
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James Warren Hesser
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My 3rd great-grandfather
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Jonathan Elisha Hesser
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James
Warren’s son; Mary Margaret’s (half)
brother; and my (half) 2nd great grand uncle
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Otho Elwood Hesser
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Jonathan’s son and my (half) 1st cousin, 3x
removed
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Kathryn Crites Hesser
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Otho’s
daughter and my (half) 2nd cousin, 2x removed
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Robert Alexander Weatherup
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Kathryn’s husband
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