[AGL] my Bob Vennell

[Frances Morey]

story, Susan.
Best,
Frances

On Sun, Jun 7, 2020 at 8:01 PM Frances Morey <frances.morey at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Thank you for the lovely
>
> On Sun, Jun 7, 2020 at 7:59 PM Susan's husband? via Austin-ghetto-list <
> austin-ghetto-list at pairlist.net> wrote:
>
>> I think Bob really liked and respected women.  He was an only child
>> brought up by his mom to whom he was close.  I never heard about a father.
>>
>>
>> A couple years back I was at Macy's and as I went to a check out counter
>> a woman approached at the same time.  I told her to go on first as I was
>> not in a hurry.  She wanted to return a bedspread her husband did not
>> like.  I joked she could return her husband and keep the bedspread.  She
>> said,. "No, he's a wonderful husband".  The checker needed an ID for the
>> return so the woman pulled out her license.  I saw the last name as
>> Vennell.  I said I used to know a man last name of Vennell, and was her
>> husband Bob?  It was.
>>
>> Susan Todd Kramer
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Fontaine Maverick <fontainem at att.net>
>> To: survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the 60s <
>> austin-ghetto-list at pairlist.net>
>> Sent: Sat, Jun 6, 2020 3:49 pm
>> Subject: Re: [AGL] my Bob Vennell
>>
>> I was always fond of Bob V. Been debating whether to say this but what
>> the hell. He was a wonderful lover.
>>
>>    Fontaine
>>
>>
>> On Friday, June 5, 2020, 06:40:35 AM CDT, Frances Morey <
>> frances.morey at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> For me he was an enduring presence as barkeep at the Driskill Hotel. He
>> was an elegant gentleman with a bemused mysterious expression, almost like
>> the Mona Lisa.  RIP Bob.
>> Best,
>> Frances
>>
>> On Fri, Jun 5, 2020 at 5:07 AM Michael Eisenstadt <eisenstadt0 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> I met Bob Vennell the same year Ed Guinn started UT. Bob had come to UT
>> to get a masters in engineering but immediately realized that he had
>> fallen into Austin-Daze in the 60s. The rest is herstory. Early on he
>> established a weekly poker game. I always lost a card games as a
>> teenager so never caught the bug. But Vennell and I were always buds
>> (his term). The last time I saw Vennell was at his 75th birthday at Mike
>> Kleinman's enterprise on South Lamar.
>> I never met his current wife/widow but one of the loves of his life will
>> read my Bob Vennell.
>>
>>
>>
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