Longtime Dearborn, Michigan, attorney and former Dearborn High School teacher, Robert K. Archer died March 6, 2003, in Sarasota, Fla.
Mr. Archer was 81 and a long-time resident of Belleville, Michigan, with his wife of 55 years, Elizabeth.
A farmer's son from the tiny town of Croswell in Michigan's thumb, Mr. Archer was an avid golfer and lifetime member of Washtenaw Country Club in Ypsilanti, as well as being a member of the Tara Golf and Country Club in Bradenton, Fla. He traveled all over the world, and one of his favorite trips was to St. Andrew's Golf Course in Scotland.
Mr. Archer was educated at the University of Michigan and Eastern Michigan University. He received his bachelor's degree from EMU. He also was an active member of the Phi Sigma Epsilon fraternity.
Mr. Archer was a U.S. Army Air Corp. veteran who saw combat as a B-24 Navigator during World War II. When his B-24 plane "Chiquita Mia" was shot down in Yugoslavia in 1944, for a period of time he was missing in action. He survived to return home and to marry Elizabeth (Betty) in June 1947.
Mr. Archer was a popular history and social studies teacher at Dearborn High School. Many of his students and their children and grandchildren became long-time clients of his law firm.
Mr. Archer received his juris doctorate from the Detroit College of Law. He was recently honored by the state of Michigan for completing 50 years of practice as a lawyer. He was a founding partner of the law firm of Archer, Kenney, Wilson & Cohen in Dearborn. He had been a president of the Dearborn Bar Association and an active member of the American Bar Association.
Mr. Archer was active in his community, as a school board president in Van Buren Township and as an active member of the United Methodist Church of Belleville. He continued throughout his life to be actively involved in the community. In recent years he was an energetic and enthusiastic volunteer for the Manatee Historical Society in Florida.
One of his greatest loves was to travel. He and Mrs. Archer traveled throughout the world, including Japan, China, Australia, Israel, South America, Europe, Russia and Egypt.
In addition to golf, Mr. Archer enjoyed many sports and was very adventurous. During his life, he enjoyed parasailing, gliding and flying once again in an AT6 training plane used in World War II. Mr. Archer was a member of the Yankee Air Force in Ypsilanti, and is memorialized by a stone on the Yankee Air Force Museum grounds.
In addition to his wife, Mr. Archer was survived by his son, Jeffrey Archer, a history teacher at Belleville High School, and by his daughter, Lisa Archer Young, a lawyer, who continues his law firm. Mr. Archer has three grandchildren, ages 14, 9 and 6.
Shortly before his death, he took time to speak to his grandson's elementary school class about his experiences in a one-room schoolhouse as a child. That school, the Huckins School, has recently been made part of a museum in Port Sanilac.
∼1st Lt US Army Air Forces - World War II
Mr. Archer was 81 and a long-time resident of Belleville, Michigan, with his wife of 55 years, Elizabeth.
A farmer's son from the tiny town of Croswell in Michigan's thumb, Mr. Archer was an avid golfer and lifetime member of Washtenaw Country Club in Ypsilanti, as well as being a member of the Tara Golf and Country Club in Bradenton, Fla. He traveled all over the world, and one of his favorite trips was to St. Andrew's Golf Course in Scotland.
Mr. Archer was educated at the University of Michigan and Eastern Michigan University. He received his bachelor's degree from EMU. He also was an active member of the Phi Sigma Epsilon fraternity.
Mr. Archer was a U.S. Army Air Corp. veteran who saw combat as a B-24 Navigator during World War II. When his B-24 plane "Chiquita Mia" was shot down in Yugoslavia in 1944, for a period of time he was missing in action. He survived to return home and to marry Elizabeth (Betty) in June 1947.
Mr. Archer was a popular history and social studies teacher at Dearborn High School. Many of his students and their children and grandchildren became long-time clients of his law firm.
Mr. Archer received his juris doctorate from the Detroit College of Law. He was recently honored by the state of Michigan for completing 50 years of practice as a lawyer. He was a founding partner of the law firm of Archer, Kenney, Wilson & Cohen in Dearborn. He had been a president of the Dearborn Bar Association and an active member of the American Bar Association.
Mr. Archer was active in his community, as a school board president in Van Buren Township and as an active member of the United Methodist Church of Belleville. He continued throughout his life to be actively involved in the community. In recent years he was an energetic and enthusiastic volunteer for the Manatee Historical Society in Florida.
One of his greatest loves was to travel. He and Mrs. Archer traveled throughout the world, including Japan, China, Australia, Israel, South America, Europe, Russia and Egypt.
In addition to golf, Mr. Archer enjoyed many sports and was very adventurous. During his life, he enjoyed parasailing, gliding and flying once again in an AT6 training plane used in World War II. Mr. Archer was a member of the Yankee Air Force in Ypsilanti, and is memorialized by a stone on the Yankee Air Force Museum grounds.
In addition to his wife, Mr. Archer was survived by his son, Jeffrey Archer, a history teacher at Belleville High School, and by his daughter, Lisa Archer Young, a lawyer, who continues his law firm. Mr. Archer has three grandchildren, ages 14, 9 and 6.
Shortly before his death, he took time to speak to his grandson's elementary school class about his experiences in a one-room schoolhouse as a child. That school, the Huckins School, has recently been made part of a museum in Port Sanilac.
∼1st Lt US Army Air Forces - World War II
Longtime Dearborn, Michigan, attorney and former Dearborn High School teacher, Robert K. Archer died March 6, 2003, in Sarasota, Fla.
Mr. Archer was 81 and a long-time resident of Belleville, Michigan, with his wife of 55 years, Elizabeth.
A farmer's son from the tiny town of Croswell in Michigan's thumb, Mr. Archer was an avid golfer and lifetime member of Washtenaw Country Club in Ypsilanti, as well as being a member of the Tara Golf and Country Club in Bradenton, Fla. He traveled all over the world, and one of his favorite trips was to St. Andrew's Golf Course in Scotland.
Mr. Archer was educated at the University of Michigan and Eastern Michigan University. He received his bachelor's degree from EMU. He also was an active member of the Phi Sigma Epsilon fraternity.
Mr. Archer was a U.S. Army Air Corp. veteran who saw combat as a B-24 Navigator during World War II. When his B-24 plane "Chiquita Mia" was shot down in Yugoslavia in 1944, for a period of time he was missing in action. He survived to return home and to marry Elizabeth (Betty) in June 1947.
Mr. Archer was a popular history and social studies teacher at Dearborn High School. Many of his students and their children and grandchildren became long-time clients of his law firm.
Mr. Archer received his juris doctorate from the Detroit College of Law. He was recently honored by the state of Michigan for completing 50 years of practice as a lawyer. He was a founding partner of the law firm of Archer, Kenney, Wilson & Cohen in Dearborn. He had been a president of the Dearborn Bar Association and an active member of the American Bar Association.
Mr. Archer was active in his community, as a school board president in Van Buren Township and as an active member of the United Methodist Church of Belleville. He continued throughout his life to be actively involved in the community. In recent years he was an energetic and enthusiastic volunteer for the Manatee Historical Society in Florida.
One of his greatest loves was to travel. He and Mrs. Archer traveled throughout the world, including Japan, China, Australia, Israel, South America, Europe, Russia and Egypt.
In addition to golf, Mr. Archer enjoyed many sports and was very adventurous. During his life, he enjoyed parasailing, gliding and flying once again in an AT6 training plane used in World War II. Mr. Archer was a member of the Yankee Air Force in Ypsilanti, and is memorialized by a stone on the Yankee Air Force Museum grounds.
In addition to his wife, Mr. Archer was survived by his son, Jeffrey Archer, a history teacher at Belleville High School, and by his daughter, Lisa Archer Young, a lawyer, who continues his law firm. Mr. Archer has three grandchildren, ages 14, 9 and 6.
Shortly before his death, he took time to speak to his grandson's elementary school class about his experiences in a one-room schoolhouse as a child. That school, the Huckins School, has recently been made part of a museum in Port Sanilac.
∼1st Lt US Army Air Forces - World War II
Mr. Archer was 81 and a long-time resident of Belleville, Michigan, with his wife of 55 years, Elizabeth.
A farmer's son from the tiny town of Croswell in Michigan's thumb, Mr. Archer was an avid golfer and lifetime member of Washtenaw Country Club in Ypsilanti, as well as being a member of the Tara Golf and Country Club in Bradenton, Fla. He traveled all over the world, and one of his favorite trips was to St. Andrew's Golf Course in Scotland.
Mr. Archer was educated at the University of Michigan and Eastern Michigan University. He received his bachelor's degree from EMU. He also was an active member of the Phi Sigma Epsilon fraternity.
Mr. Archer was a U.S. Army Air Corp. veteran who saw combat as a B-24 Navigator during World War II. When his B-24 plane "Chiquita Mia" was shot down in Yugoslavia in 1944, for a period of time he was missing in action. He survived to return home and to marry Elizabeth (Betty) in June 1947.
Mr. Archer was a popular history and social studies teacher at Dearborn High School. Many of his students and their children and grandchildren became long-time clients of his law firm.
Mr. Archer received his juris doctorate from the Detroit College of Law. He was recently honored by the state of Michigan for completing 50 years of practice as a lawyer. He was a founding partner of the law firm of Archer, Kenney, Wilson & Cohen in Dearborn. He had been a president of the Dearborn Bar Association and an active member of the American Bar Association.
Mr. Archer was active in his community, as a school board president in Van Buren Township and as an active member of the United Methodist Church of Belleville. He continued throughout his life to be actively involved in the community. In recent years he was an energetic and enthusiastic volunteer for the Manatee Historical Society in Florida.
One of his greatest loves was to travel. He and Mrs. Archer traveled throughout the world, including Japan, China, Australia, Israel, South America, Europe, Russia and Egypt.
In addition to golf, Mr. Archer enjoyed many sports and was very adventurous. During his life, he enjoyed parasailing, gliding and flying once again in an AT6 training plane used in World War II. Mr. Archer was a member of the Yankee Air Force in Ypsilanti, and is memorialized by a stone on the Yankee Air Force Museum grounds.
In addition to his wife, Mr. Archer was survived by his son, Jeffrey Archer, a history teacher at Belleville High School, and by his daughter, Lisa Archer Young, a lawyer, who continues his law firm. Mr. Archer has three grandchildren, ages 14, 9 and 6.
Shortly before his death, he took time to speak to his grandson's elementary school class about his experiences in a one-room schoolhouse as a child. That school, the Huckins School, has recently been made part of a museum in Port Sanilac.
∼1st Lt US Army Air Forces - World War II
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