{"id":111883,"date":"2019-06-27T17:16:38","date_gmt":"2019-06-27T21:16:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/?p=111883"},"modified":"2019-06-27T17:16:38","modified_gmt":"2023-10-06T14:53:48","slug":"robert-reese-founder-of-springfield-armory-passes-at-87","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/robert-reese-founder-of-springfield-armory-passes-at-87\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert Reese, Founder of Springfield Armory, Passes at 87"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"832\" height=\"1024\" title=\"Robert Reese, Founder of Springfield Armory, Passes at 87\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/bob-reese_web-832x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Robert Reese, Founder of Springfield Armory, Passes at 87\" class=\"wp-image-111884\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/bob-reese_web-832x1024.jpg 832w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/bob-reese_web-122x150.jpg 122w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/bob-reese_web-244x300.jpg 244w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/bob-reese_web-768x945.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/bob-reese_web.jpg 975w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 832px) 100vw, 832px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>GENESEO, ILL. (06\/28\/19) \u2013\u00a0<\/strong> Robert R. Reese, 87, of Geneseo, Illinois, iconic founder of Springfield Armory, passed peacefully Saturday, June 22, 2019, in Clarissa C. Cook Hospice House, Bettendorf, Iowa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Robert Rost Reese was born June 27, 1931, in Moline,\nIllinois, to Thomas William and Ruby Rose (Rost) Reese. Bob married Carol\nSchillinger on June 25, 1952, in Geneseo, Illinois, and went on to serve in the\nU.S. Army National Guard at Camp Cooke in Santa Barbara County, California. Upon\ndischarge from the Army, Bob and Carol returned to the Midwest where he began\nfarming in Henry County, Illinois with his father. In addition to farming, Bob\nhad several other occupations. He was an agriculture equipment salesman in\nTipton, Iowa, a real estate developer in Hanna Township, and a dealer of Army\nsurplus with a store in Geneseo. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 1974, Bob\nresurrected the &#8220;Springfield Armory&#8221; name, and in doing so, preserved\niconic and historically significant firearm designs such as the M1 Garand, the\nUS M14, and the 1911 pistol. Bob, his wife, Carol, and their son,\nDennis, were the first employees in this next chapter of the legendary\nSpringfield Armory. They were joined by sons Dave and Tom, and together the\nReese family grew the business to be a global force in the firearms industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bob was a man of many interests and talents. He enjoyed\nboating, water skiing, snow skiing, and racing dirt bikes, but his greatest\npassion was in all things related to firearms and shooting. &nbsp;&nbsp;He was an avid competitive shooter, hunter,\nand fisherman, who pursued those interests together with Carol all over the\nworld. He hunted big game well into his late 70s, traveling to such places as\nMongolia, Azerbaijan, the Amazon, Alaska, Africa, and everywhere in\nbetween.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bob was a lifelong, committed\nadvocate for the Second Amendment, who cherished its significance and lived his\nlife guided by the principles of independence and personal responsibility. He loved\ntrips to Camp Perry, exhibiting on Commercial Row and supporting the Highpower\nRifle Championships and Bullseye Pistol Championships, an annual tradition that\nbegan only months after founding Springfield Armory in 1974. Bob was a lifetime\nmember of the National Rifle Association, and has several firearms patents to\nhis name. At the young age of 17, he became the North American Junior\nTrapshooting champion.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bob is survived by his wife, Carol; three sons and\ndaughters-in-law, Dennis J. and Jane Reese of Geneseo, David R, and Colleen\nReese of Colona, and Thomas William and Jane Reese of Geneseo; seven\ngrandchildren and their spouses, Stefany and Chris Toomer, Nicholas Reese,\nRobert and Bethany Reese, Jon Reese, Kelly and Houston Holt, Carolyn and John\nKozlik, and Thomas William Reese; and two great-grandchildren, Ruby Grace Holt\nand Eli Joseph Reese. He was preceded in death by his parents and a sister,\nCarol Kleeman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bob&#8217;s family invites friends to share stories and\ncondolences at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/trimblefuneralhomes.com\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"robert-reese-founder-of-springfield-armory-passes-at-87\" title=\"Robert Reese, Founder of Springfield Armory, Passes at 87\">TrimbleFuneralHomes.com<\/a>.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Memorials may be made to the following:&nbsp; VFW &#8211;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/heroes.vfw.org\/page\/21776\/donate\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"robert-reese-founder-of-springfield-armory-passes-at-87\" title=\"Robert Reese, Founder of Springfield Armory, Passes at 87\">https:\/\/heroes.vfw.org\/page\/21776\/donate<\/a>,\nor the Alzheimer&#8217;s Foundation of America (AFA) &#8211;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/alzfdn.org\/support-us\/donate\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"robert-reese-founder-of-springfield-armory-passes-at-87\" title=\"Robert Reese, Founder of Springfield Armory, Passes at 87\">https:\/\/alzfdn.org\/support-us\/donate\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About Springfield\nArmory<sup>\u00ae<\/sup><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 1794, the original Springfield Armory was designated as\nour national armory by General George Washington, and began manufacturing\nmuskets for the defense of our young, free Republic.&nbsp; This monumental\ninstitution went on to serve as a think tank for developing innovative firearms\nconcepts and producing some of the most storied rifle platforms in our\ncountry\u2019s history.&nbsp; The Armory functioned as a firearms supplier for every\nmajor American conflict until 1968 when the government sadly closed its doors.\nIn 1974, two centuries after its inception, Springfield Armory Inc. in Geneseo,\nIL revived the iconic heritage of the Armory to carry on its legacy and restore\nthe Springfield Armory name.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Springfield Armory Inc. engineers, manufactures and\nassembles their high-quality 1911, 911, SAINT\u00ae AR-15 and legendary M1A\u2122 lines\nof firearms in Geneseo, Illinois. Since 2001, Springfield Armory has enjoyed a\nstrategic, collaborative partnership with the state-of-the-art factory in\nCroatia working hand-in-hand to develop and engineer the multiple award-winning\nline of XD\u00ae polymer pistols that have become staples in the US\nmarketplace.&nbsp;We strive to honor this responsibility as guardians of the\noriginal Springfield Armory legacy by manufacturing the highest quality firearms\nto enable responsible citizens to preserve their right to keep and bear arms in\nthe defense of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With an unmatched emphasis on craftsmanship, performance and\nexceptional customer service, our mission is to forge superior firearms and\nprovide the tools necessary to defend individual freedoms and equality for\nthose who embrace the rights and principles secured by our Founding\nFathers.&nbsp; For more information, please visit us at:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.springfield-armory.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"robert-reese-founder-of-springfield-armory-passes-at-87\" title=\"Robert Reese, Founder of Springfield Armory, Passes at 87\">springfield-armory.com<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Robert R. 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