WINDSOR, CT — Robert "Bob" Plunge delivered mail in Windsor for more than 30 years. To state Rep. Maryam Khan, he was also the neighbor who gave her children rides, handled unwanted bugs in the house and saved newspaper clippings whenever she appeared in the news.
Plunge, a lifelong Windsor resident, died Sept. 28 at age 73, according to his obituary published by Carmon Windsor Funeral Home.
In a Facebook tribute, Khan remembered her next-door neighbor as a familiar presence on Colton Street, often sitting on his steps and greeting people passing by.
"But to me, Bob was simply my next door neighbor," Khan wrote.
"He was usually seen sitting out on his steps, greeting neighbors and visitors with a smile," she wrote. "Bob exemplified what it meant to be a good neighbor."
Khan said Plunge would be missed on Colton Street and throughout the Deerfield community, where people knew him as their mail carrier and neighbor.
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Born in Hartford, Plunge graduated from Windsor High School in 1971 and attended UConn's Hartford branch while working for the Postal Service, according to his obituary. He served in the Army in Korea from 1972 to 1974, then continued his postal career in Windsor.
Others shared memories in the obituary's online guest book.
"Bob was my mail carrier for years & my neighbor on Colton St.," Leslie Lavery wrote.
Windsor Knew Him As More Than Its Mailman
Jeanne Williams recalled that Plunge remembered her and asked about her family when they met in local stores. Ellen Romero, a former coworker, remembered his laugh and polka Saturdays at work.
Visitation and a prayer service were scheduled for Oct. 13 at Carmon Funeral Home, followed by burial at Windsor Veterans Memorial Cemetery, according to the obituary.
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