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Robert Semkewyc 1934 - 2002

Robert Semkewyc of Port Monmouth, Monmouth County, NJ was born on January 8, 1934 in Newark, Essex County. He was married to Jacqueline Semkewyc on April 24, 1954, and had children Donna Jean Diffendale and Robert Alexander Semkewyc. Robert Semkewyc died at age 68 years old on June 16, 2002.
Robert Semkewyc
Captain Bob
Port Monmouth, Monmouth County, NJ 07758
January 8, 1934
Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, United States
June 16, 2002
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  • 01/8
    1934

    Birthday

    January 8, 1934
    Birthdate
    Newark, Essex County, New Jersey United States
    Birthplace
  • Military Service

    Roberts brother, Alex Semkewyc served in WW11 and was shot and killed in 1944. He received the Purple Heart
  • Professional Career

    Robert was a boat captain. Owned a 70 ft vessel which he named the “Sea Hunter”
  • Personal Life & Family

    Captain Robert Semkewyc owned and operated a 70 ft party boat named the “Sea Hunter” His life was devoted to his family, Jackie his wife and his two children, Donna and Robert His compassion was fishing and sailing the deep blue sea.
  • 06/16
    2002

    Death

    June 16, 2002
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    Cause of death
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In 1934, in the year that Robert Semkewyc was born, on July 22nd, gangster John Dillinger was killed in Chicago. His gang had robbed banks and police stations, among other charges, and he was being hunted by J. Edgar Hoover, head of the FBI - although many in the public saw him as a "Robin Hood". A madam from a brothel in which he was hiding became an informer for the FBI and, after a shootout with FBI agents, Dillinger was shot and died.
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In 1962, he was 28 years old when lasting from October 16th - 28th, the Cuban Missile Crisis was the closest that the United States and the Soviet Union came to nuclear war. The Soviet Union had been installing a nuclear missile base in Cuba. The United States established a blockade to stop the base from being completed. Through secret negotiations, war was averted: the Soviet Union agreed to dismantle their weapons in Cuba and the United States agreed to never invade Cuba and to dismantle weapons in Turkey and Italy.
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Robert Semkewyc's Family Tree

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Jacqueline Semkewyc

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Robert Semkewyc

April 24, 1954
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