Person:Robert Raica (1)

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Robert Amiel Raica
b.7 Aug 1920 Tuscarawas, Ohio, United States
d.3 Sep 1994 Westerville, Franklin, Ohio, United States
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  1. Robert Amiel Raica1920 - 1994
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  • H.  Robert Amiel Raica1920 - 1994
  1. Julie Raica1949 - 2015
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Name[1] Robert Amiel Raica
Alt Name[2][6][7] Robert A. Raica
Alt Name[1] Tiny Raica
Alt Name[1] Bob Raica
Alt Name[8] Robert Raica
Alt Name[1] Bucky Raica
Gender Male
Birth[2][6] 7 Aug 1920 Tuscarawas, Ohio, United States
Census[7] 1930 Strasburg, Tuscarawas, Ohio, United StatesRobert A. Raica, 9
Education[1] 1938 Strasburg, Tuscarawas, Ohio, United StatesStrasburg High School
Census[8] 1940 Strasburg, Tuscarawas, Ohio, United StatesRobert Raica, 19, single
Marriage to Unknown
Education[1] 1942 Westerville, Franklin, Ohio, United StatesOtterbein College
Residence[1] 24 Jun 1942 Strasburg, Tuscarawas, Ohio, United States
Military[1] 28 Jun 1942 Dover, Tuscarawas, Ohio, United StatesU.S. Army, medical exam
Military[1] 28 Sep 1942 Fort Benjamin Harrison, Lawrence, Marion, Indiana, United StatesPost mark on letter to Pi Kappa Phi fraternity
Military[1] 2 Jun 1944 EnglandLetter to Mr. & Mrs. John Jones of Westerville
Military[1] 20 Jul 1944 FranceLetter to Mr. & Mrs. John Jones of Westerville
Other[1] 1976 Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, United StatesGold Circle Tennis Senior Doubles Winners
Death[2][6] 3 Sep 1994 Westerville, Franklin, Ohio, United StatesRobert A. Raica, 74
Burial[3] Blendon Central Cemetery, Blendon (township), Franklin, Ohio, United StatesRobert A. Raica, 1920-1994
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Biography Notes

After Robert's mother died in 1936, he lived with the Kapitzky family in Strasburg, and can be found in their household in the 1940 census. Mary Kapitzky, 74, was a widow and head of the household which included her unmarried daughter, Frances, 38, and Robert, 19. Frances Kapitzky Person: Frances Kapitzky (1) was a prominent woman and served as the president of the Citizens-State Bank and also as the president of the Strasburg Board of Education. (In 1936-1937, Strasburg opened a new high school. The 1937 Senoracle notes..."Dedicating our new gym, the finest in this part of the state, we will never again hear that name 'box car' ascribed to Strasburg's playing floor.'")

In Robert's Strasburg yearbooks, The Senoracle, 1936, 1937 and 1938, Paul M. Roby, Otterbein College Class of 1927, and Glenn Baker, Otterbein College Class of 1932, are part of the high school faculty. Roby was Robert's teacher and senior class advisor and also his basketball and baseball coach. One of the newspaper clippings in Robert's collection was an article about the Strasburg basketball team attending an Otterbein College game. Perhaps Coach Roby played a role in Robert attending Otterbein in Westerville, Ohio.

In his senior yearbook, Robert Raica, "Bucky" is noted as "...a very capable and dependable substitutes at all times."

In Robert's collection is his 1938 Ohio High School Athletic Association's State Tournament Player trophy.

At Otterbein, Robert joined the Pi Kappa Phi fraternity, referred to as the "Country Club." Letters in his collection written in June (from England)and July (from France) 1944 are addressed to Mr. and Mrs. John Jones, whom Robert refers to as "Mom and Dad." In his July 20th, 1944 letter, he writes that, "I am glad to hear that you're still at the Frat House for Country Club wouldn't seem the same without you."

An avid tennis player, Robert Raica and his doubles partner since 1941, Jim Demorest, won the 1976 Gold Circle Doubles Tournament in August 1976.

References
  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 Robert Amiel Raica, in Raica, Robert - Collection
    24 Jun 1942.

    Post card dated 24 Jun 1942 and mailed to ROBERT AMIEL RAICA, 232 N. Wooster Ave., Strasburg, Ohio. YOU ARE HEREBY DIRECTED TO REPORT TO DRS. ALLAN & ?STAGER Y.M.C.A. DOVER, OHIO, FOR PHYSICAL EXAMINATION AT 10:00 A.M. ON JUN 28 '42....

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Raica, Robert A., in Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index: Death Master File, database. (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service)
    3 Sep 1994.

    ROBERT A. RAICA, 74, b. 7 Aug 1920; SS# issued in Ohio; last residing in 43081 (Westerville), Franklin County, Ohio. Died 3 Sep 1994.

  3. ↑ Robert A. Raica, in Find A Grave.

    ROBERT A. RAICA, AUG. 8, 1920 - SEP. 3, 1994.

  4.   Raica, Robert - Collection
    1976.

    Presentation bowl inscribed: GOLD CIRCLE TENNIS 1976 WINNER SENIOR DOUBLES BOB RAICA - JIM DEMOREST

  5.   Raica, Robert - Collection.

    Yearbooks inscribed, "Tiny Raica." Collection also includes letters to a Mr. and Mrs. John Jones at 64 College Avenue in Westerville, written during 1944 during WWII. He refers to them as "Mom & Dad." Apparently they lived next door to the fraternity house close to Otterbein's campus.

  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Raica, Robert A., in Ohio, United States. Ohio, Death Index, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, 1958-2007
    3 Sep 1994.

    ROBERT A. RAICA, 74, married; b. 8 Aug 1920 in Tuscarawas County, Ohio; father Raica; mother McGirr; 4y college; taxicab service industry; d. 8:35 a.m. at home.

  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Raica, Grace, in Tuscarawas, Ohio, United States. 1930 U.S. Census Population Schedule
    1940.

    Strasburg, Tuscarawas County, Ohio. HOH: GRACE RAICA, 50, widowed; m/o Robert E. Raica, 9, and Raymond H. Anderson, 17.

  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Kapitzky, Mary, in Tuscarawas, Ohio, United States. 1940 U.S. Census Population Schedule
    1940.

    Strasburg village, Franklin Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio. HOH: Mary Kapitzky Person: Mary Koehler (4), 74; m/o Frances Kapitzky, 38 & single; ROBERT RAICA, 19, b. abt 1921 in Ohio, living as "resident" in household.

  9.   Raica, Lauree
    9 Sep 2015.

    Per Bob, daughter, Lauree, after Bob's parents died he was taken in by the Kapitzky family.

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