Robert Curtis Knepper died on January 31, 2022 at Park Vista, Morningside, Fullerton, justshy of his 91st birthday. His loving wife of 68 years, Sue Knepper, and his daughters weretaking care of him.

He was born on February 13, 1931 in Greensburg, Pennsylvania to Mabel and CurtisKnepper and was their only child. He earned an engineering degree from Carnegie Instituteof Technology in 1952 and a Masters in 1953. He enjoyed his membership in Sigma Nu.

He married Susan Harmon, a beautiful nurse he met at a dance, on October 10, 1953. Boband Sue moved to California and began their long-term enthusiasm for the Californialifestyle of sun, surf and sports.

Bob took a job in the burgeoning aerospace industry, including over 30 years working forHughes Aircraft. He programmed in Fortran in the late 1950s, worked on developing flatscreen display systems, and advancing information display technology.

He had an excellent understanding, deep appreciation, and joy in the progress of computersand other areas of technology both in his fields and in general. He was a founding memberand chairman of the Society for Information Display and participated in furthering theorganization, which grew into an international organization.

Bob and Sue traveled to many parts of the world, including Europe, the Middle East, Africa,China and Thailand. They enjoyed and excelled in playing duplicate bridge. He collectedcoins, specializing in German Wildman coins and made many trips to Germany to collectcoins and visit friends.

He valued the extended family get togethers in Carpinteria and broadened his familygenealogy charting to Sue's large and rambunctious Harmon clan. He also treasured hisfriends from work, bridge, OLLI and Morningside.

He is survived by his loving wife of 68 years and their three daughters, Linda, Ann, andValerie. They were given five grandchildren, Diane, Tomas, William, Daniel and Calvin, andfoster grandson Steven. They loved visits with Bob's cousin Fred and his wife Patty.

He will be deeply missed by his family. We loved him very much and always knew he loved us.

Robert Curtis Knepper died in early 2022, just shy ofhis 91st birthday. He spent much of his 90 years enjoyingnumismatics. As with many collectors Bob's first purchaseswere made as a teen, back in the 1940s. Some of his first coinswere purchased from famed coin dealer David Bullowa, andcomprised typical American series, beginning with smallcents. He soon ventured into other denominations andeventually worked on a type set housed in old paper envelopesand Whitman albums.

From the outset Bob was meticulous, tracking those earliestacquisitions by keeping ledgers of purchases by hand. Hecontinued that practice for the remainder of his life, carefullyrecording each coin bought from leading dealers around theworld. Common sources listed were Abe Kosoff, Paramount,Seaby, Spink, Wyatt and Ponterio, Bowers and Ruddy, KarlStephens, Fritz Rudolf Kunker and Munzen und Medaillen,among many others.

Bob's meticulous nature served him well at CarnegieInstitute of Technology where he earned an engineering degreein 1952 and a master's degree in 1953.

With his formal education complete, and his career pathestablished, he married Susan Knepper in 1953, a marriagethat lasted for 68 years. Bob and Sue enjoyed life in California,taking full advantage of the California lifestyle of sun, surfand sports while tending to the joyous duties of raising threedaughters. All the while, Bob enthusiastically worked on hiscoin collection.

The couple traveled the world together, visiting Europe, theMiddle East, Africa, China and Thailand. At some point inthe 1970s, Bob's collecting interests turned to the Wildmanmotif found on German coinage of the 16th to 18th centuries,primarily from Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel and BrunswickLunenburg. He zeroed in on these coins and over the next fivedecades assembled what is likely the largest collection of thisspecialty in North America.

We are delighted to have the opportunity to presentRobert Knepper's numismatic legacy to another generation ofcollectors in a series of offerings from his landmark collection.

To read the complete catalog, see:
https://stacksbowers.com/wp-content/themes/stacksbowers/uploads/catalogs/SBG_Summer2022_WorldCoins_Catalog.pdf

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
THE WILDMEN(https://www.coinbooks.org/v25/esylum_v25n34a25.html)