Official in Area
School System
Dies Suddenly
Robert W. Workman
Dies at 44

YOUNGSTOWN, June 30 -- 
Robert W. Workman, 44, Director of 
Elementary Education in the Lewiston 
Porter Central school system, died 
suddenly at his home in Lake Road 
late yesterday afternoon.

He was born Oct. 5, 1911 (sic) in 
Oswego, son of Vina and Walter Workman.  
He attended schools there and at the 
State Teachers College of Oswego, 
where he was active in school athletics.  

He was a 1936 graduate of Oswego State 
Teachers College and took further work 
in education at Syracuse University, 
Buffalo State Teachers College, Oswego, 
and Niagara University.

He worked in three school systems 
specializing in the field of education, 
was at the Vestal Central School for nine 
years and Cato-Meridan Central school for 
three years before coming to Lewiston Porter 
July 1, 1950.  From 1936-45, he taught 
elementary grades at Vestal, where he was 
also a specialist in remedial reading and 
coordinator of grade work.  He worked 
as Director of Elementary Education at 
Cato-Meridian Central School in 1950-51.

In college, he was president of the 
Student Council and a letterman in 
basketball.  He has directed football, 
tennis and swimming in summer camps and 
played the violin in theater orchestras.  
At Vestal, he coached the football and 
basketball teams. 

Besides his parents,  he is survived by 
his wife, Charlotte, three children, 
Linda, Robert and Susan Workman, and 
two brothers, Richard Workman, Oswego 
and the Rev. George Workman, Troy, Ohio.

The body has been taken to Oswego to 
the Dane (sic) Memorial Chapel, where 
services will be held during the weekend 
and internment in Riverside Cemetery there.
-- Niagara Falls Gazette, June 30, 1955