{"id":2476,"date":"2024-11-25T10:23:53","date_gmt":"2024-11-24T21:23:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/?page_id=2476"},"modified":"2026-08-28T11:38:28","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T23:38:28","slug":"robert-donald-stark","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/stark\/william-stark\/robert-donald-stark\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert &#8220;Bob&#8221;  Donald Stark"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/bob-stark.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3655\" style=\"width:277px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/bob-stark.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/bob-stark-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 120px) 100vw, 120px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Bob was born on the 20 February 1922 at Featherston in the Wairarapa, New Zealand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He was a cheesemaker in the 1940s, then worked for the railways as a labourer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 1942 he married Elsie Hart and from that union arose 6 children. Many of the children are extant, so will not expand on them here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Elsie died in 1986 and is buried in Archer Street Cemetery, alongside Robert, who passed away on the 17 September 1987&nbsp;at&nbsp;Masterton, Wellington, New Zealand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The couple is interred in the following Block. There is no headstone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><th>Area<\/th><td>Lawn Z<\/td><\/tr><tr><th>Section\/Row<\/th><td>21<\/td><\/tr><tr><th>Plot Number<\/th><td>624<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bob was born on the 20 February 1922 at Featherston in the Wairarapa, New Zealand. He was a cheesemaker in the 1940s, then worked for the railways as a labourer. In 1942 he married Elsie Hart and from that union arose 6 children. Many of the children are extant, so will not expand on them &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/stark\/william-stark\/robert-donald-stark\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Robert &#8220;Bob&#8221;  Donald Stark&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":911,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2476","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2476","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2476"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2476\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3663,"href":"https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2476\/revisions\/3663"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/911"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stark.gen.nz\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}