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Notes for Robert Bowman WORTH
Robert Bowman ‘Bo’ Worth of Ocean City, Md. Robert Bowman “Bo” Worth, 72, passed away at home Friday, Feb. 27, 2015 in Ocean City, Md. Bo was a long time resident of West Chester, Pa. Born in Philadelphia, he was the son of the late Robert Elgar and Ida Bowman Worth and the grandson of the late George S. and Nora S. Worth of Wayne, Pa. A descendant of the founders of Worth Brothers Steel Company in Coatesville and Worth Steel of Claymont, Del., Mr. Worth was a graduate of George School in 1959. He continued his education at Rochester Institute of Technology with a Masters of Fine Art from the School of American Craft in 1966. He studied under Wendell Castle, credited with being the father of the art furniture movement. Mr. Worth, a tennis instructor during his teenage years, was on the RIT men’s college tennis team. He was a professor of fine woodworking at the Philadelphia College of Art during the late 1970’s and early 1980’s. A commissioned artist, his work was featured in magazines and museums. His family recalls when his work would go on tour to a museum, their home furniture would be gone for months at a time. His fine woodworking style was laminated hard woods, sculpted into functional furniture without any right angles. His engineering skills were so sophisticated that many of his enormous sculptures were often balanced by weight instead of points of contact. His work was featured in the October 23, 1977 edition of Philadelphia Inquirer ‘Today’ magazine with the story titled ‘Home Sweet Factory’. Bo loved nature and animals. He enjoyed watching Jacque Cousteau and donated to the Whale Foundation and National Geographic. He loved to camp and canoe, and loved water of any kind, especially the ocean. He also enjoyed boating and fishing, though he hardly ever caught anything with the exception of a Jeep once on Ocracoke Island, which was a big joke in the family. He loved music, especially jazz and blues with favorites being Count Basie and Sachmo. He is survived by his daughter, Melinda “Mindy” Worth Rhodes of Berwyn; son, Jamison Bowman Worth of Phoenix, Ariz.; sister, Elizabeth “Betsy” Worth Pressnall of Seattle Wash.; and wife, Marge Dodge Worth of Ocean City, and her family. A private Quaker service will be held at a later date at the family cemetery in Romansville, Pa.
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