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Robert Grubb, Jr., a.k.a. "Jetty Bob," chief fisherman of the Lehigh Ave rock pile in Cape May Point, tipped his cap to the world on Nov. 12, 2021, as he took his last breath surrounded by family, listening to his Spotify playlist. They broke the mold with this true Renaissance man.
Nov 12, 2021 · Robert Grubb, Jr., a.k.a. Jetty Bob, chief fisherman of the Lehigh Ave rock pile in Cape May Point, tipped his cap to the world on Nov. 12, 2021, as he took his last breath surrounded by family, listening to his Spotify playlist. They broke the mold with this true Renaissance man. A First Lieutenant officer in the...
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Grubb's family of six children, 15 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren were stunned to learn of his death due to a brutal homicide discovered the morning of Sept. 30near S.E. 2nd and Quincy, she said. Grubb was 63. His specific cause of death hasn't been made public. Cody M. Degand, 26, of Topeka, faces a charge of intentional and premeditat...
Grubb lived in an apartment in East Topeka with his service dog Buster, Fairchild said. Buster generally went everywhere with Grubb but was left back at their apartment on the evening he died, she said. "I don't know why Buster wasn't with him that night," Fairchild said. "I'm happy he wasn't." Fairchild said she wanted people to know Grubb wasn't ...
Fairchild said she and her brothers grew up in Scranton in northern Osage County. Their father worked in construction, primarily as a roofer, she said. Fairchild recalled how Grubb taught her and her brothers various mechanical and construction-related skills, including how to replace roofing, how to carry shingles up a ladder and how to do plumbin...
Grubb wasn't shy about sharing opinions, his daughter said. "He told you how it was," she said. Fairchild, who is a Kansas City Chiefs fan, said she had a good-natured rivalry with her father who was a fan of the Las Vegas Raiders. Grubb would call Fairchild before Raiders-Chiefs games to say, "We're going to get you," she recalled. "It would be th...
Fairchild encouraged people to donate to an account the family has set up on GoFundMeto try to raise money to help pay Grubb's funeral expenses. The website for that account indicated that as of Friday, it had brought in $161 of the $1,000 the family was trying to raise. Tim Hrenchir can be reached at threnchir@gannett.com or 785-213-5934.
- Tim Hrenchir
Feb 25, 2023 · He is charged in the Sept. 30, 2022 death of John Grubb, Jr. ... police found John Grubb Jr.’s body when a man came to the Law Enforcement Center the morning of Sept. 30, 2022, reporting seeing ...
Oct 6, 2022 · Topeka police made an arrest Thursday in connection with the killing of John Grubb Jr., 63, whose body was found Sept. 30 near S.E. 2nd and Quincy. Cody M. Degand, 26, of Topeka, was taken into ...
- Tim Hrenchir
Oct 1, 2022 · Law enforcement officials said John Grubb Jr., 63, of Topeka, was identified as the deceased who was found underneath the Polk Quincy viaduct in Downtown Topeka on Friday morning.
Oct 1, 2022 · The deceased was identified as John Grubb Jr., 63, of Topeka. On Friday, the TPD was called to the 200 block of SE Quincy after 8 a.m. After investigating, TPD determined this was a homicide ...
