More detail on this person: Timothy P. Robbins
age 70 born July 1938 died 8-9-08 at the West
Florida Hospital, Pensacola, FL from cancer. This information was last updated 05/18/2016
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03/10/2024
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On 9 August 2008, Tim Robbins, CW4, USA
Retired, passed away in West Florida Hospital,
Pensacola, Florida. For those who knew Tim, they
know that he was a kind person to all that he met.
Tim flew gun ships and had two tours in Vietnam.
He was awarded the Purple Heart for a wound in the
leg, received while flying a mission. I do not
know the details as the story was related to me
many years ago. I met Tim at Ft Eustis in 1968
and again in 1976 at Ft Carson Colorado.
We did a lot of bass fishing at Ft Eustis. His
calm demeanor was exemplary with his friends and
the way he raised his son, Chris. Tim's wife,
Diane, passed away five years ago, also from
cancer. I only recently found out that he was
living in Gulf Breeze, (thru the VHPA directory),
only 45 minutes away from where I live. We
renewed our old relationship with some fine food,
a couple of margaritas, and lots of old war
stories and fishing lies. His brain cancer was
sudden and when treated with a powerful drug,
(Nexavar), his organs began shutting down. He
died within a week of the treatment. I am
personally deeply saddened by his death and that
he lived so close to me, without knowing, for the
past 14 years. If you value your old friends, get
in touch with them before it is too late to enjoy
the relationship once again. I will miss Tim but
am certainly glad that I knew him.
Son, Chris survives.
Funeral will be 14 August, in Pensacola.
From: John Glidewell