MACOMBER, Robert L., Jr.

The Daily Courier, Prescott, Arizona February 11, 2010 Robert L. Macomber Jr., formerly of Prescott, Ariz., born May 26, 1927, in Springfield, Wash., passed away Feb. 9, 2010, in Sequim, Wash. Memorial service will be 3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 27, 2010, at Sequim Community Church. Sequim Valley Funeral Chapel is handling arrangements. --------------- The Daily Courier, Prescott, AZ Wednesday, February 23, 2010 Robert Leeds Macomber Jr., formerly of Prescott, Ariz., died at his home in Sequim, Wash., Feb. 9, 2010, from heart and lung complications. He was 82. Robert, a veteran of the U.S. Navy, WWII, graduated Wesleyan University, Connecticut, wed in New Jersey and started work in New York City at Western Electric (now Lucent), all in June 1951. Retiring early, Robert and his wife, Jerry, moved from New Jersey to Prescott in 1979. Here he owned and operated The Village Clockshop as Master Clockmaker in his second career. As a gift to his new hometown, he restored the Yavapai County Courthouse tower clocks. At age 66, he retired again, moving to Washington State to build a log home and be near three daughters. In Prescott, he apprenticed Charley Anderson who owns and operates Time For You clockshop in Cottonwood. Eight years later, he apprenticed son-in-law Julien Berg, opening The Village Clockshop together in Sequim. Robert is survived by his wife, Jerry; son Robert III; daughter Marcia-Katherine; son Arthur; daughters Abigail and Polly; and nine grandchildren. A memorial service will be Feb. 27, 2010, at Sequim Community. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the AWCI Elm Trust (American Watch-Clockmakers Institute) for training professional horologists, 701 Enterprise Drive, Harrison, Ohio 45030. Information provided by survivors.