Photo Gallery

Photo: 2006: Dueling photogs

Always a kid at heart…

Video: 2005: Bob as PumpkinHead

Bob loved Halloween. This was one of his more elaborate costumes. Click the image to see a short video.

Photo: 2006: Bob LOVED driving the little engine

Bob got such a kick out of model railroading. Look at how happy he looks!

Photo: 2006: Bob learns to drive a tiny engine

Photo: early 1980s: Bob’s ice cream shirt

Bob's ice cream shirt

This shirt was a gift from Bob’s sister Mary and her husband Eric. They knew him well. No one loved ice cream more or could put more away at a sitting than Bob.

Photo: 2004: Engine 6125

CSX Engine 6125

Bob was a locomotive engineer for 30 years. He took this picture of the engine he drove on his final day of work for the railroad.

Photo: 1977: With mother, Leona, in Scottish kilt

Back of photo reads: “Boone N.C. – Leona & Robert before the Highland Ball – 7/9/77”

The Maxwell family attended the Grandfather Mountain Highland Games for many years. This photo would have been taken before one of the culminating events of the games, the Highland Ball. The kilt pattern is the Maxwell tartan.

Photo: 1956: As Junior Senior toastmaster

Bob as Junior Senior toastmaster

Back of photo reads: “Dressed up for the 1956 Junior Senior at Memorial Union, Ohio Wesleyan University, May 18, 1956 (Friday). Theme: Misty Midnight. Toastmaster: Yours Truly”

Photo: 1944: Three generations of Maxwells

C.A., Howard N., and Robert A. Maxwell

Bob, age 5 ½, stands in front of his father, Howard, and his grandfather, C.A. on Sunday, Sept. 17, 1944, in Kalamazoo, MI.