Obituary: Robert “Bob” Shink
AUGUSTA - Robert “Bob” Shink, 93, a lifelong resident of Jay, passed away Saturday, May 22, 2021, at Togus Veterans Hospice .
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Robert “Bob” Shink
AUGUSTA – Robert “Bob” Shink, 93, a lifelong resident of Jay, passed away Saturday, May 22, 2021, at Togus Veterans Hospice facility in Augusta. He was born Sept. 22, 1927, in Jay, the son of Francois Shink and Rose (Perreault) Shink.He attended Jay High School before enlisting in the U.S. Army where he proudly served as a tank crewman in Company ‘A’ of the 66th Tank Battalion during World War II. On August 25, 1951 at St. Rose of Lima Church he married Winnie Cossette of Livermore Falls. They made their home and raised their family in Jay. Bob worked for Poisson’s Market and Sanitary Dairy prior to joining International Paper Co’s Otis mill in 1950. In 1965 Bob transferred to the Androscoggin Mill in Jay where he worked in Stock Prep until his retirement in 1988 after