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REWOLINSKI, Robert John, Sr. (Bob), PO2.
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Home Town Milwaukee
Last Address Interment was in Hillside Cemetery, Columbus WI, with full military honors by VFW Post 8090.
Date of Passing Mar 07, 2014
Location of Interment Hillside Cemetery - Columbus, Wisconsin
Bob Rewolinksi graduated from Pulaski High School in Milwaukee and entered the Lutheran Hospital School of Nursing in 1965. After being drafted, he chose instead to enlist in the US Navy and became a hospital corpsman. After basic training in Illinois, he was stationed in Norfolk and Orlando and then served in Vietnam from 1969-1970. While there, he served at the naval hospital in Da Nang, and as a field corpsman in the DMZ. Upon honorable discharge in 1970, Bob re-entered nursing school at Milwaukee Technical College. After completing his RN, he went on to the Milwaukee County School of Anesthesia and became a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist. He worked at St. Josephâ??s Hospital in Mankato, MN before settling in the Beaver Dam/Columbus WI area. Over the years, he was employed by both Columbus and Beaver Dam hospitals. In August of 1998, he was involved in a catastrophic vehicle accident which left him permanently disabled.Â
1980, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States (VFW), Post 8090, Columbus Fall River Post (Member) (Columbus, Wisconsin)