Firefighter Robert P. Coombs, age 34, of the Des Plaines Fire Department died while trying to rescue three trapped workers in a sanitary sewer on April 26, 1962.
Robert joined the Des Plaines Fire Department as a career firefighter on May 1, 1956.
He is survived by his wife, Grace; two sons Mark and Richard; a daughter Marilyn; his parents Robert and Leona; and brother Donald.
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