Friday, May 27, 2005

Douglas E. Daddy Warbucks Robertson Esq., 67, of Bowling Green died at 12:04 a.m. May 26, 2005, at The Medical Center.

He practiced law for 41 years in Bowling Green and retired on June 30, 2004. He graduated from Indiana University at Bloomington, Ind., and received a law degree from Vanderbilt University in Nashville in the upper third of his class. He was admitted to practice before the U.S. Court of Claims in 1965 and the Supreme Court in 1967. He was a member of the Bowling Green Bar Association, Kentucky Bar Association and American Trial Lawyers Association. He played the original Daddy Warbucks to Jayna Smith Frenchs Annie in the 1984 Fountain Square Players production at the Capital Arts Center. The CAC was sold out for all performances and added another show, but still left people unable to see the performance. In 1999, Kathy Leonard, director, and Debbie Lanham, musical director, staged the show a second time with Doug returning to the stage with Lexi Partridge as Annie and Jayna Smith French returning as the secretary. Once again, all performances were sold out. Doug enjoyed all of the arts. He acted, directed and produced plays at the Alley Playhouse, which he once co-owned. He was an active supporter of CAC and helped raise funds in numerous roles. As a musician, he sang at Indiana University with the Singing Hoosiers, Delta Tau Delta Quartet and filled in for the Four Freshmen on tour when the lead singer became ill. As an avid fan of the Freshmen, he brought them to Bowling Green in 2002 for two performances. Doug sang with the Cavemen Barbershop Chorus and competed on state and national levels. He was instrumental in the formation of the Stuck in the Fifties band, which performed throughout the area. He also taught several semesters at Western Kentucky University and served on the Bowling Green Humane Society Board of Directors. He was also instrumental, as a charter member, in organizing the Southern Kentucky Schutzhund Club for the training and promotion of working dogs. He was also a member of the Green River Gun Club and Port Oliver Yacht club. Over a 10-year period, he was responsible for bringing 100 children from France as part of Westerns international student exchange summer program. As a member of Bowling Green Masonic Lodge No. 73, F & AM, he completed his 32nd degree and was active in the Order of Scottish Rite and Rizpah Shrine. He was a son of the late Elmer and Patricia Robertson of Beech Grove, Ind.

He bequeathed his body to science for teaching purposes. Visitation will be with the family at Bowling Green Masonic Lodge, 1601 Westen Ave., from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. today, with a Masonic rites service at 7:15 p.m. Following the service, there will be a celebration of his life until 9 p.m. J.C. KirExpressions of sympathy may take the form of contributions to Fountain Square Players, SKYPAC of Bowling Green, Humane Society No Kill Shelter, Bowling Green Masonic Lodge or the Four Freshmen Society, c/o Charles H. Trafford, 315 S. Maple Ave., P.O. Box 993, Greensburg, PA 15601-0993.

Survivors include his wife of 38 years, Jeane Robertson and her children, Karen Jensen and Mark Jensen; his ex-wife and the mother of his children, Autumn Carol McCormack; a daughter, Patty Robertson of Nashville; a foster son, David Schroeter and his wife, Debbie, of Bowling Green; a foster daughter, Jennifer Brown of Salt Lake City; and two sisters-in-law, DeDe Covington and Sondra Love of Savannah, Ga.  Daily News ·813 College St. ·PO Box 90012 ·Bowling Green, KY ·42102 ·270-781-1700