ROBERT YOUNGEST OF THE CARUSO BROTHERS WAS BORN JANUARY 29,1915 IN HOUSTON,TEXAS. AS DID THE OTHER SONS OF ANTHONY ROBERT WORKED IN HIS FATHERS BAKERY. HE ALSO HELD JOBS IN OTHER BAKERIES INCLUDING WORKING IN ONE THAT WAS OWNED BY HIS BROTHER JOSEPH AND LEARNED THE TRADE OF MOTOR REWINDING FROM HIS BROTHER GEORGE. HE MET HIS FUTURE WIFE LAURA ADAMS WHILE SHE WAS WORKING IN A BAKERY OFFICE.

LAURA WAS BORN IN TOPEKA, KANSAS. SHE HAD AN OLDER BROTHER. LAURA , HER BROTHER AND HER MOTHER WENT TO LIVE WITH HER GRANDPARENTS WHEN HER FATHER DESERTED THEM WHEN LAURA WAS 10 MONTHS OLD. SHE STATED SHE WAS BASICALLY RAISED BY HER GRANDMOTHER BECAUSE HER MOTHER WORKED SO MUCH. LAURA'S FATHER VISITED SEVERAL TIMES AT FIRST THEN, WHEN HER BROTHER DIED AS A YOUNG CHILD THE VISITS STOPPED. LAURA SAID SHE HAD NO MEMORY OF HER FATHER EXCEPT TO KNOW HE DID COME TO SEE THEM A FEW TIMES AND SHE NEVER KNEW ANY OF HER FATHERS FAMILY.

WHEN LAURA WAS 10 HER MOTHER REMARRIED A MAN WITH A SON. LAURA STATED THAT HE WAS A VERY NICE MAN BUT LIKED TO MOVE AROUND ALOT SO SHE WAS IN A DIFFERENT SCHOOL EVERY YEAR. SHE SAID SHE KNEW NOT TO MAKE MANY NEW FRIENDS BECAUSE THEY WOULD BE LEAVING. FINALLY WHEN SHE WAS A TEEN AND IN HIGH SCHOOL THEY SETTLED IN SANTA BARBARA WHERE LAURA GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL. SHE HELD SEVERAL SALES AND SECRETARIAL JOBS. SHE WAS WORKING IN A BAKERY OFFICE AS A SECRETARY WHEN SHE MET ROBERT.

LAURA SAID ROBERT ASKED HER OUT SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE SHE WOULD AGREE TO GO OUT WITH HIM. SHE DIDN'T THINK THEY HAD ALOT IN COMMON HOWEVER, EVENTUALLY SHE GAVE IN AND SHE SAID THEY WERE TOGETHER FROM THEN ON AND MARRIED JULY 18,1936. SHORTLY AFTER THAT LAURA AND ROBERT RELOCATED TO OREGON WITH HER FAMILY JUST PRIOR TO HIM GOING INTO THE SERVICE.

ROBERT SERVED IN THE ARMY IN WORLD WAR 2. HE WAS STATIONED IN FRANCE WHEN HIS COMPANY LOST ALL OF THEIR EQUIPMENT. ROBERT AND TWO OTHER MEN WERE REQUESTED TO GO TO ENGLAND AND PICK UP MORE. ON THE WAY THERE THE JEEP THEY WERE DRIVING HIT A MINE KILLING ONE OF THE MEN AND INJURING THE OTHER TWO SERIOUSLY. ROBERT TOLD LAURA WHO WAS STILL LIVING IN OREGON AT THE TIME THAT THEY LAID THERE FOR SEVERAL HOURS BEFORE THEY WERE DISCOVERED. ROBERT SPENT 3 MONTHS IN A SCOTLAND HOSPITAL BEFORE LAURA EVEN KNEW WHERE HE WAS. HIS INJURIES RESULTED IN LIMITED USE OF HIS ARM AND LEG ON HIS RIGHT SIDE. ROBERT WAS DISCHARGED WITH THE RANK OF CORPORAL, TOTALLY DISABLED, JUST DAYS BEFORE HE WOULD HAVE MADE SARGENT. HIS INJURIES GAVE HIM PAIN THE REST OF HIS LIFE.

IN 1958 ROBERT AND LAURA MOVED TO VENTURA CALIFORNIA. ROBERT DIDN'T WANT CHILDREN SO IT REMAINED TWO OF THEM. ROBERT AND HIS WIFE SPENT THEIR FREE TIME TRAVELING WITH A CAMPING CLUB. LAURA SAID WHEN THEY WERE AT HOME HE WOULD SPEND HIS TIME MESSING UP HER KITCHEN, BAKING FOR THE NEIGHBORS. ROBERT DIED FROM A HEART ATTACK, OCTOBER OF 1982. HE WAS CREMATED AND HIS ASHES PUT OUT IN THE OCEAN AS HE REQUESTED. HIS WIFE SURVIVES HIM AT THE AGE OF 94 AND AFTER MANY FALLS, INJURIES AND HER FAILING SITE HAS MOVED TO A NURSING FACILITY WHERE SHE WILL BE SAFE.

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