SON OF FRANCES VASQUEZ AND JOSEPH JOHN CARUSO
ROBERT GEORGE CARUSO AND FRIEND
ROBERT DIDNT RAISE HIS FAMILY IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AS MOST OF HIS SIBBLINGS. AFTER MARRYING BETTY BENEVITZ HE MOVED TO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA TO SAN LEANDRO AND SURROUNDING AREAS. THEY HAD THREE CHILDREN ; JACKILYNN ANN SHERRY LYNN AND ROBERT GEORGE JR.HE ENJOYED NEW PLACES AND IT WAS NOT NEW FOR HIM TO DECIDE IT WAS TIME TO MOVE AND AFTER SETTING THINGS UP MOVING HIS FAMILY. HE MADE HIS LIVING IN THE FAMILY VOCATION OF BAKING AND HAD NO PROBLEM GETTING A JOB ANYWHERE HE WENT. ONE OF HIS MOVES TOOK THE FAMILY TO WASHINGTON STATE. WHILE LIVING IN WASHINGTON ROBERT JOINED THE RED SALMON COMPANY AND WENT TO ALASKA FOR 6 MONTHS TO BAKE AND COOK FOR THE FISHERMAN. A FEW YEARS LATER HE JOINED THE MERCHANT MARINES AS A COOK AND BAKER WHERE HE LEFT OUT ON A SHIP CALLED THE PINE BLUFF VICTORY. THE SHIP WAS AN AMMO SHIP THAT TRANSPORTED BOMBS TO TAILAND TO BE SENT OVER FOR THE VIETNAM WAR. UPON HIS RETURN HIS FAMILY MADE ANOTHER BIG MOVE BACK TO OROVILLE,CALIFORNIA WHERE HE OPENED THE ONLY 3 BAKERIES BETWEEN OROVILLE AND GRIDLEY. DURIONG THIS TIME THERE WAS A BREAD STRIKE AND HE WAS THE ONLY ONE SUPPLYING BREAD TO THESE AREAS FOR SEVERAL WEEKS. HE KEPT THE SHOP RUNNING 24 HOURS A DAY AND HAD TO HIRE IN MORE HELP IN ORDER TO KEEP UP WITH THE DEMAND OF THE PUBLIC.
AFTER 25 YEARS OF MARRIAGE ROBERT AND BETTY DIVORCED AND HE LATER MARRIED JESSE EUBANKS (NICKIE).
ONE OF ROBERTS PASSIONS IS TRAVEL HE AND NICKIE TRAVELED TO MANY PLACES IN THE UNITED STATES AS WELL AS ASIA AND EUROPE. FROM HIS THREE CHILDREN HE HAS 7 GRANDCHILDREN AND 8 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.
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