Robert Bergeron

Bob Bergeron passed away on Friday, June 2, 2006, at the Appleton Medical Center, following a lengthy battle with diabetes. Bob was 60. Bob was born June 30, 1945 in Appleton, son of the late Joseph and Mary (Brewster) Bergeron. He was a graduate of the Kaukauna High School and Fox Valley Technical College. Bob worked at various auto parts stores in the valley, including Automotive Supply and NAPA Auto Parts. He was also a well-known writer and photographer at race tracks across the Midwest, and had had a weekly column in Checkered Flag Racing News. He was a rabid sports fan and traveled extensively to attend races and ball games. Bob was happiest on the infield of any track from Indianapolis to Daytona, and all the small tracks in between. He also fondly remembered attending the original “Ice Bowl” in Green Bay and walking across the parking lot to attend a hockey game at the arena the same day. When his illness no longer allowed him to travel, he kept up on sports through television and his computer. Bob was the “Answer man” for people across the country to contact with questions about auto racing.

Survivors include his sister: Susan Bergeron of Kaukauna; several aunts and uncles: Florence Brewster, Margaret Brewster, and Madylyn Bergeron, all of Kaukauna; Geri (Walter) Molda of Appleton; Jim (Juletta) Bergeron of Kimberly; Millie (Roger) Olm of Reedsville; Francis Brewster of Colorado Springs; Robert E. Brewster, Sr. of Jackson, Michigan; James (Dolores) Brewster of Piedmont, California; as well as numerous cousins and friends across the country. He was preceded in death by his parents, his grandparents Eathen and Emilia Brewster and Clifford and Frances Bergeron, by aunts Mary Ellen Brewster, Marge Fischer, and uncle Louis Bergeron.

The funeral liturgy for Bob will be held at 11:00 AM on Tuesday, June 6, 2006 at HOLY CROSS CATHOLIC CHURCH, 309 Desnoyer Street in Kaukauna, with Fr. Jack Mullarkey officiating. Interment will be in Holy Cross Cemetery. Friends may call directly at the church on Tuesday from 10:00 AM until the hour of the service.

The family would like to extend their thanks to the entire staff at the Appleton Medical Center and the Parkside Care Center for the excellent care they provided Bob, as well as to Bob’s good friend Brad. Brad’s many visits and offers of assistance were always welcomed and appreciated.

The family would also like everyone to know that the many gifts Bob gave to his family and friends didn’t stop with his death; Bob will live on in the lives of others who will be the recipients of the organs he was able to donate.

FARGO FUNERAL HOME

400 W. Wisconsin Avenue

Kaukauna 766-6200

www.fargofuneralhomes.com