Sixth Generation

524. Robin Lee GENZEL was born on 16 Apr 1961 in Watseka, Iroquois County, Illinois.^50,113 He died on 20 Apr 2003 in Watseka, Iroquois County, Illinois.^497,498
Three area residents died in separate automobile accidents over the Easter weekend. . . . Robin Genzel, of Buckley, (was) killed in (an accident) Sunday morning . . . .
Genzel, 42, was eastbound on a county road four miles east of Cissna Park when his car was broadsided by John Vasilakis, 60, of Bridgeview, Ill. Genzel's wife Amy and two of their three children were treated and released from Carle Hospital in Urbana. A third child was treated and released from Iroquois Memorial Hospital in Watseka.
Funeral services for Genzel are pending at the Ford-Baier Funeral Home in Buckley. . . .
According to Iroquois County sheriff's police, Vasilakis was southbound on County Road 1600 East and failed to stop at the intersection at County Road 500. He struck the Genzel automobile, sending both vehicles into a ditch. Assisting at the scene were the Cissna Park Fire Department and Emergency Medical Service ambulances from Cissna Park, Milford and Iroquois Memorial. Tickets are pending as the accident remains under investigation.

Robin Genzel,
contractor
BUCKLEY -- Robin L. Genzel, 42, of Buckley, died Sunday (April 20, 2003) at Iroquois Memorial Hospital, Watseka, following a two-car accident in Fountain Creek Township, Iroquois County. Visitation will be from 4-8 p.m. Wednesday at the Ford-Baier Funeral Home, Buckley, and from 1 p.m. Thursday until the 2 p.m. services at St. John's Lutheran Church in Buckley. Rev. Mark J. Haller will officiate.
Burial will be in St. John's Cemetery, Buckley.
Memorials may be made to the education fund for the Genzel children and can be left either at the funeral home or at the Buckley State Bank.
Mr. Genzel was a general contractor.
He was born April 16, 1961, in Watseka, the son of Glenn W. and Alice A. Krumwiede Genzel.
Surviving are his wife, the former Amy J. Benjamin, whom he married Sept. 10, 1988, at St. Joseph's Church in Colfax, of Buckley; three children, Kristy, Kaylee and Connor, all at home; his parents of Buckley; maternal grandmother, Irma Krumwiede of Buckley; one brother, Troy Genzel of Paxton; one sister, Tony Skaggs of West Lafayette, Ind.; half-sister, Teri Derrick of New Mexico; and several other relatives.
He was a 1979 graduate of Buckley-Loda High School.
Mr. Genzel served in the U.S. Army from 1980-1983 and was a member of the Buckley American Legion, Byron Hickerson Post 432.
He enjoyed NASCAR racing.







He was buried on 24 Apr 2003 in St. John's Lutheran Cemetery, Buckley, Illinois.⁵³

Robin Lee GENZEL and Amy BENJAMIN had the following children:

1128	i.	Kristy Rae GENZEL.
1129	ii.	Kaylee Jo GENZEL.
1130	iii.	Connor William GENZEL.