Robert V. Eberwein, Inman Park Icon.

A Memorial Service will be held on Sunday, May 22, 2016 at 2:00 PM at The Trolley Barn

Robert V. Eberwein, 81, of Atlanta, Georgia passed away on March 17, 2016 at his home after a short illness. Born in Pittsfield, MA on February 9, 1935, he was the son of John and Jeanne Eberwein of Pittsfield. A memorial service will be held in Atlanta and one later in Pittsfield this summer. Mr. Eberwein leaves three sisters, Mrs. Charlotte Sutherland, Mrs. Jeannine Rontowski and Ms. Lucille Eberwein, all of Pittsfield, and many beloved friends in Inman Park and in Atlanta. He was preceded in death by three siblings, Anita, Marie (Mitzi) and John.

Mr. Eberwein graduated from the University of Massachusetts and the University of Ohio where he studied architecture and foreign languages. He later pursued a graduate degree in German and French from the University of Wurzburg in Germany. After a stint with the U.S. Army and Army Reserves, Mr. Eberwein began his teaching career. He taught briefly in the Pittsfield Public School System before accepting a position in the German Department at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia.

In the early 1970s he exchanged careers when he moved to Inman Park in Atlanta, a community of decaying Victorian homes that were being renovated during a bright period of revitalization. The old Trolley Barn which housed Atlanta's original electric trolley cars was situated within the park. Mr. Eberwein was instrumental in the complete redevelopment and rehabilitation of this historical edifice, which now serves as a conference center and party venue for weddings and celebrations. He served as its Executive Director for many years.

Mr. Eberwein, an artist and lifelong painter in oils, delighted friends, family and institutions with his many works of art, his quick wit and his enthusiasm for life.

He was a wonderful man whom we will all miss dearly.

-Service will be May 22, 2016 at 2:00 PM, in the Trolley Barn