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Robert Augustus Wellington
- F. Frank Wellington (add)
- M. Leona Young (add)
- Robert Augustus Wellington1919 - 1972
Facts and Events
| Name |
Robert Augustus Wellington |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth? |
3 Nov 1919 |
Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States |
| Marriage |
5 Oct 1940 |
Warren, Trumbull, Ohio, United Statesto Lucy Fay Thompson |
| Death? |
16 Nov 1972 |
Warren, Trumbull, Ohio, United States |
| Burial? |
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Oakwood Cemetery, Warren, Trumbull, Ohio, United States |
Obituary for Robert A. Wellington
From: Warren Tribune Chronicle
Issue: Fri, 17 Nov 1972, 7:6 & 7
President of Custom Displays
Robert Wellington Dies; Rites Saturday
Robert A. Wellington, 53, 414 Trumbull SE, president and treasurer of Custom Displays, Inc., of Warren, and a highly regarded resident and businessman, died at 1:50 p.m. Thursday at Trumbull Memorial Hospital after an illness of six months.
Born Nov. 3, 1919, in Cleveland, the son of Frank and Leona Young Wellington, he had resided in Warren most of his life.
Funeral Saturday
Funeral services will be held Saturday at 1:30 p.m. at the McFarland & Son Funeral Home here. The family will meet friends at the funeral home from 7 to 9 tonight. Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery.
The family requests that material tributes take the form of contributions to the American Cancer Society.
Mr. Wellington, who was active in many facets of the civic life of Warren, founded his firm as a one-man operation in the backstage area of the old Harris Warren Theater May 15, 1947, and it has grown in size to a workforce of 25 today. A devastating fire in April 1962, interrupted operations for five months. The firm makes displays for trade shows and exhibits and was one of the first suppliers of the popular "paint-by-number" sets. In 1951, he moved to the firm's present quarters on N. Park Ave. Ext adding section after section through 1956. After the tragic fire he replaced the warehouse and office at the same location.
Mr. Wellington, who graduated from Harding High School in 1937, had served as president of the Warren Junior Military Band Assn., was a member of the Buckeye Club, Warren Area Chamber of Commerce, Trumbull County Country Club, Clarence Hyde Post 278 of the American Legion, the 40 & 8, Aircraft Owners & Pilots Associates and the Emmanuel Lutheran Church.
He also was a member of the Exhibit Producers & Designers Assn., Screen Process Printing Assn, International, served on the planning committee of Avalon Golf Course, and was a member of Warren Rotary Club and Warren General Hospital Assn.
In World War II he served as a captain in the Corps of Engineers.
Surviving are his wife, Lucy Faye Thompson, whom he married Oct. 5, 1940, and two sons, Robert Bruce Wellington of Warren and Dr. Scott L. Wellington, of Cleveland.
Displays Faith
The disastrous 1962 fire, which cost him considerable losses in materials and business accounts, and his rapid return to operations after the firm was virtually out of business for several months, attested to Mr. Wellington's faith and perseverance in himself and in his company.
After the fire his company widened its customer circle and by doing this, it also enhanced his firm's position on a national basis.
The $150,000 fire wiped out virtually all of the Custom Display production facilities and extensive files of work drawings.
A pleasant and personable individual, Mr. Wellington had a wide circle of friends, and he often went out of his way to aid a friend who might have suffered some setbacks in business and in life in general.
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