Robert Lee Van Epps Jr.

Arlington, Va. Van Epps Jr., Robert Lee, 64, died April 24. He was the husband of Sharyn (Goldbach) Van Epps. He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio and lived in that area most of his life. He was a well-known educator and school principal at several schools in the Cincinnati area.

He was born October 4, 1947, son of the late Robert Lee Van Epps Sr. and the late Anne Elizabeth (Ross) Van Epps. He graduated from Mariemont High School, in Cincinnati in 1965 and received his undergraduate degree from Miami Univ. in Oxford Ohio with a BA in Latin and Greek Language in 1969; he received his Med in Educational Administration in 1976 from the University of Cincinnati.

He began his career as a language teacher at Madeira City Schools in Cincinnati and in 1972 through 1975 taught Mathematics and was assistant principal at the John F. Kennedy School in West Berlin Germany. He returned to the United States and was an elementary principal in Wilmington and Cincinnati Ohio. In 1982 he became Assistant Superintendent of the Goshen Ohio School Dist. In 1987 he worked for the Department of Defense Education Activity in Bamberg, Wiesbaden, and Garmisch, Germany, and later in Madrid, Spain; Livorno, Italy; and Arlington, Va.

A Celebration of his life will be held Sunday, April 29, at The National Funeral Home Chapel, 7482 Lee Hwy., Falls Church, Va. 22042. Donations in Roberts memory, in lieu of flowers suggested to Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation (MMRF) 383 Main Avenue, 5th Floor, Norwalk, CT 06851. Web: www.themmrf.org