Former BJ columnist Bob Batz (1966-1970) passed away Friday,
December 16.
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| Bob Batz |
He left Ol’ Blue
Walls to write columns for the Dayton Daily News till his 2007 retirement. Even
after that, he wrote a column for the Brookville Star, just north of Dayton,
till his passing.
He was a University
of Dayton adjunct professor for more than 24 years.
Bob grew up in
Flint, Michigan, where he met his late wife, Sally Samalley Batz. Their children
are Pittsburgh Post Gazette editor-writer Bob,
Jr., Laurie Batz Fryman, Jackie Batz Erbaugh and Chris Batz. They have seven
grandchildren.
Bob and Sally shared a 150-year-old
home in Brookville, where both worked in the Brookville Volunteer Fire Department.
Bob began as a copy
boy at the Flint Journal, then worked at the Rochester, New York newspaper
before coming to the BJ.
Funeral arrangements
have not been finalized.
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