Other Events:

• Group: Descendant of Mayflower Passenger
• Group: Hall Direct Descendant
• Group: Halls of Yarmouth - DNA Family 020
• Group: Mayflower - Giles Hopkins
• Group: Mayflower - Isaac Allerton
• Group: Mayflower - John Alden & Priscilla Mullins
• Group: Mayflower - John Howland & Elizabeth Tilley
• Group: Mayflower - John Tilley & Joan Hurst
• Group: Mayflower - Mary Allerton
• Group: Mayflower - Richard Warren
• Group: Mayflower - Stephen Hopkins
• Group: Mayflower - William Brewster
• Obituary: 5 Jan 2011, Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina; Asheville Citizen-Times

Notes:

Birth:
Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Birth Records, 1840-1915
1915 Newton Births, Vol. ?, p. 784, #33 (Recorded January 1916)

Name:       Robert Hall Plimpton
Birth Date:       1915
Birth Place:       Newton, Massachusetts, USA
Father:       Plimpton

Robert Hall Plimpton was born Jan 9 1915 at 11 Oxford Rd, Ward 6, Newton, to Henry R [Plimpton] and Edith A. Hall of 11 Oxford Rd., Wd. 6, Newton. Manufacturer, He was born in Brookfield, Mass. She was born in Wolfboro, NH

Group:
Passenger or Descendant of the Mayflower

Group:
A person who is a direct descendant of any colonial New England Hall Family

Group:
Descendants of John Hall of Yarmouth, Cape Cod, Massachusetts

Group:
Descendant of Giles Hopkins (son of Stephen) of the Mayflower

Group:
Descendant of Isaac Allerton of the Mayflower

Group:
Descendant of John Alden and Priscilla Mullin of the Mayflower

Group:
Descendant of John Howland and Elizabeth Tilley of the Mayflower

Group:
Descendant of John Tilley and Joan (Hurst) Rogers of the Mayflower

Group:
Descendant of Mary Allerton, daughter of Isaac Allerton and Mary Norris, of the Mayflower.

Group:
Descendant of Richard Warren of the Mayflower

Group:
Descendant of Stephen Hopkins of the Mayflower

Group:
Descendant of William Brewster of the Mayflower

Obituary:
Robert Plimpton

We celebrate the full and joyful life of Robert Hall Plimpton, 95, who passed away peacefully at home Friday, December 31, nine days short of his 96th birthday.

A native of Newton Center, Mass., Bob was the youngest of six children of the late Henry R. Plimpton II and Edith A. Hall Plimpton. Two siblings died before he was born but the rest enjoyed longevity such as his. His loving wife, Ruth Stevenson Plimpton, predeceased him after 36 years of marriage. He is survived by two daughters, Edie P. Fleeman and husband, Bill, and his son, Mike, wife, Patti, daughter, Ryann, all of Durham, N.C., and Jan Plimpton and partner, Chuck Hauge, of St. Paul, Minn.; grandchildren, Bill P. Reynolds and Katie P. Reynolds of Raleigh, N.C.; many grand and great grand nieces and nephews; and his faithful Border Collie Trinike.

A graduate of the University of Maine Orono, Bob studied forestry and cartography there, as well as participating in what would be life-long avocations of baseball and rifle marksmanship. After college, he worked for Babson Institute, creating a 35x60 foot relief map of the United States. During WW II, he enlisted in the Army, becoming part of the Corps of Engineers Model Making Detachment making scale models of enemy targets, such as Ploesti, Tirpitz, Ruhr River dams, Peenemunde, as well as allied troop landing sites in North Africa and Normandy. By the end of the war he was a Master Sergeant and had earned the Bronze Star, British Empire Medal, and the French Croix de Guerre. Bob then went to work for the Army Map Service in Washington, DC, where he met his wife, a map proofreader at the US Geological Survey. They soon moved to Ruth's native Worcester, MA, where he went into business with his father-in-law at Teckla Garment Company, later becoming the owner. He moved his family and the company to Asheville, NC, in 1968.

In sharing daughter Edie's avocation of rifle marksmanship, he joined Asheville Rifle and Pistol Club, later serving as President as well as supporting the junior program and running rifle tournaments. As Executive Officer of the Black Hawk Rifle Club, he ran the club's annual match, hosted by AR&PC, for over 20 years. He was known nationwide for well-run tournaments, hand-printed results bulletins, and the white shirt and tie worn even when he was shooting or mowing the range. A gentleman in the true sense of the word, he always had a kind word and a smile for everyone, and a wry sense of humor.

The family deeply appreciates the wonderful caregivers from Mountain Home Care, the nurses from CarePartners, and neighbors who allowed him to fulfill his desire to stay in his own home until his last day.

A Celebration of Life will be held Friday, May 27th, 5:30 p.m. at the Asheville Rifle and Pistol Club. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to The NRA Foundation's Competitive Shooting and National Championships Endowment (11250 Waples Mill Rd., Fairfax, VA 22030) or to the Brown Ledge Foundation (25 Wilson St., Burlington, VT 05401).