Obituary: Robert L. "Bob" Novotny (adapted from the Riverton Ranger, April 7, 1994)
Robert L. "Bob" Novotny was a World War II veteran and longtime Fremont County, Wyoming resident who served on the first Central Wyoming College board and represented the county in the Wyoming Legislature for 12 years.
Mr. Novotny and his twin brother Raymond E. were born July 6, 1921, in Lewistown, Montana, the sons of Martha S. (Kudrna) and Robert E. Novotny. The family moved to Omaha and then to Douglas before homesteading near Kinnear, Wyoming in 1935.
He was a star football and basketball player at Riverton High School, attended the University of Wyoming and was manager of the football team. Early in his second year of college he enlisted in the Army and served on Saipan, in the Pacific Theater, during World War II.
After the war, Bob worked as a purchasing agent for the Bureau of Reclamation.
In 1952 he joined his brother Ernest and his father in the logging and lumber business. They sold the business after his brother's death in 1973. Bob continued as a big game outfitter until 1979, when he moved to Cheyenne, serving as a leasing manager for the state of Wyoming until retirement in 1979.
He married Doris Fuller on October 19, 1947. They divorced April 9, 1980.
He married Jean Ellenbecker on April 11, 1980.
Bob Novotny was elected to the Wyoming House in 1968, and served one term. He was elected to the Wyoming Senate in 1970, and served until 1980.
He was a member of the American Legion in Pavillion, served on the Morton School Board for eight years, was on the first CWC board, chaired the Central Wyoming College Foundation, and was on the administrative board of the United Methodist Church.
He served as a member of the Shoshone National Forest Advisory council, the advisory council for the University of Wyoming adult education and community service program, the Wyoming Community College Commission and the Wyoming Environmental Institute.
Bob Novotny loved the mountains, horses, fishing and hunting. In 1941 he helped make the first horse trail over Cougar Pass. He was well-known as a bighorn sheep guide.
He died on Monday, April 4, 1994, at United Medical Center-West in Cheyenne. He was 72. A memorial service was held at 10 a.m., Monday, April 10, at the Davis Funeral Home in Riverton. The Reverand J. Holland Vernon officiated. Bob Novotny was cremated and his ashes scattered in his beloved Absaroka Mountains. A memorial plaque for Bob is set with those for his three brothers on the reverse of his parents' headstone in Mountain View Cemetery, Riverton.
Survivors were his wife, Jean, of Cheyenne; two step-sons, Donald and Steve Ellenbecker, both of Cheyenne; a step-daughter, Ann Cole of Denver; two brothers, William Novotny of Riverton and Ray Novotny of Ontario, Oregon; and seven step-grandchildren. Mr. Novotny was preceded in death by his parents, one brother and a niece.
Robert L. "Bob" Novotny was a World War II veteran and longtime Fremont County, Wyoming resident who served on the first Central Wyoming College board and represented the county in the Wyoming Legislature for 12 years.
Mr. Novotny and his twin brother Raymond E. were born July 6, 1921, in Lewistown, Montana, the sons of Martha S. (Kudrna) and Robert E. Novotny. The family moved to Omaha and then to Douglas before homesteading near Kinnear, Wyoming in 1935.
He was a star football and basketball player at Riverton High School, attended the University of Wyoming and was manager of the football team. Early in his second year of college he enlisted in the Army and served on Saipan, in the Pacific Theater, during World War II.
After the war, Bob worked as a purchasing agent for the Bureau of Reclamation.
In 1952 he joined his brother Ernest and his father in the logging and lumber business. They sold the business after his brother's death in 1973. Bob continued as a big game outfitter until 1979, when he moved to Cheyenne, serving as a leasing manager for the state of Wyoming until retirement in 1979.
He married Doris Fuller on October 19, 1947. They divorced April 9, 1980.
He married Jean Ellenbecker on April 11, 1980.
Bob Novotny was elected to the Wyoming House in 1968, and served one term. He was elected to the Wyoming Senate in 1970, and served until 1980.
He was a member of the American Legion in Pavillion, served on the Morton School Board for eight years, was on the first CWC board, chaired the Central Wyoming College Foundation, and was on the administrative board of the United Methodist Church.
He served as a member of the Shoshone National Forest Advisory council, the advisory council for the University of Wyoming adult education and community service program, the Wyoming Community College Commission and the Wyoming Environmental Institute.
Bob Novotny loved the mountains, horses, fishing and hunting. In 1941 he helped make the first horse trail over Cougar Pass. He was well-known as a bighorn sheep guide.
He died on Monday, April 4, 1994, at United Medical Center-West in Cheyenne. He was 72. A memorial service was held at 10 a.m., Monday, April 10, at the Davis Funeral Home in Riverton. The Reverand J. Holland Vernon officiated. Bob Novotny was cremated and his ashes scattered in his beloved Absaroka Mountains. A memorial plaque for Bob is set with those for his three brothers on the reverse of his parents' headstone in Mountain View Cemetery, Riverton.
Survivors were his wife, Jean, of Cheyenne; two step-sons, Donald and Steve Ellenbecker, both of Cheyenne; a step-daughter, Ann Cole of Denver; two brothers, William Novotny of Riverton and Ray Novotny of Ontario, Oregon; and seven step-grandchildren. Mr. Novotny was preceded in death by his parents, one brother and a niece.
Obituary: Robert L. "Bob" Novotny (adapted from the Riverton Ranger, April 7, 1994)
Robert L. "Bob" Novotny was a World War II veteran and longtime Fremont County, Wyoming resident who served on the first Central Wyoming College board and represented the county in the Wyoming Legislature for 12 years.
Mr. Novotny and his twin brother Raymond E. were born July 6, 1921, in Lewistown, Montana, the sons of Martha S. (Kudrna) and Robert E. Novotny. The family moved to Omaha and then to Douglas before homesteading near Kinnear, Wyoming in 1935.
He was a star football and basketball player at Riverton High School, attended the University of Wyoming and was manager of the football team. Early in his second year of college he enlisted in the Army and served on Saipan, in the Pacific Theater, during World War II.
After the war, Bob worked as a purchasing agent for the Bureau of Reclamation.
In 1952 he joined his brother Ernest and his father in the logging and lumber business. They sold the business after his brother's death in 1973. Bob continued as a big game outfitter until 1979, when he moved to Cheyenne, serving as a leasing manager for the state of Wyoming until retirement in 1979.
He married Doris Fuller on October 19, 1947. They divorced April 9, 1980.
He married Jean Ellenbecker on April 11, 1980.
Bob Novotny was elected to the Wyoming House in 1968, and served one term. He was elected to the Wyoming Senate in 1970, and served until 1980.
He was a member of the American Legion in Pavillion, served on the Morton School Board for eight years, was on the first CWC board, chaired the Central Wyoming College Foundation, and was on the administrative board of the United Methodist Church.
He served as a member of the Shoshone National Forest Advisory council, the advisory council for the University of Wyoming adult education and community service program, the Wyoming Community College Commission and the Wyoming Environmental Institute.
Bob Novotny loved the mountains, horses, fishing and hunting. In 1941 he helped make the first horse trail over Cougar Pass. He was well-known as a bighorn sheep guide.
He died on Monday, April 4, 1994, at United Medical Center-West in Cheyenne. He was 72. A memorial service was held at 10 a.m., Monday, April 10, at the Davis Funeral Home in Riverton. The Reverand J. Holland Vernon officiated. Bob Novotny was cremated and his ashes scattered in his beloved Absaroka Mountains. A memorial plaque for Bob is set with those for his three brothers on the reverse of his parents' headstone in Mountain View Cemetery, Riverton.
Survivors were his wife, Jean, of Cheyenne; two step-sons, Donald and Steve Ellenbecker, both of Cheyenne; a step-daughter, Ann Cole of Denver; two brothers, William Novotny of Riverton and Ray Novotny of Ontario, Oregon; and seven step-grandchildren. Mr. Novotny was preceded in death by his parents, one brother and a niece.
Robert L. "Bob" Novotny was a World War II veteran and longtime Fremont County, Wyoming resident who served on the first Central Wyoming College board and represented the county in the Wyoming Legislature for 12 years.
Mr. Novotny and his twin brother Raymond E. were born July 6, 1921, in Lewistown, Montana, the sons of Martha S. (Kudrna) and Robert E. Novotny. The family moved to Omaha and then to Douglas before homesteading near Kinnear, Wyoming in 1935.
He was a star football and basketball player at Riverton High School, attended the University of Wyoming and was manager of the football team. Early in his second year of college he enlisted in the Army and served on Saipan, in the Pacific Theater, during World War II.
After the war, Bob worked as a purchasing agent for the Bureau of Reclamation.
In 1952 he joined his brother Ernest and his father in the logging and lumber business. They sold the business after his brother's death in 1973. Bob continued as a big game outfitter until 1979, when he moved to Cheyenne, serving as a leasing manager for the state of Wyoming until retirement in 1979.
He married Doris Fuller on October 19, 1947. They divorced April 9, 1980.
He married Jean Ellenbecker on April 11, 1980.
Bob Novotny was elected to the Wyoming House in 1968, and served one term. He was elected to the Wyoming Senate in 1970, and served until 1980.
He was a member of the American Legion in Pavillion, served on the Morton School Board for eight years, was on the first CWC board, chaired the Central Wyoming College Foundation, and was on the administrative board of the United Methodist Church.
He served as a member of the Shoshone National Forest Advisory council, the advisory council for the University of Wyoming adult education and community service program, the Wyoming Community College Commission and the Wyoming Environmental Institute.
Bob Novotny loved the mountains, horses, fishing and hunting. In 1941 he helped make the first horse trail over Cougar Pass. He was well-known as a bighorn sheep guide.
He died on Monday, April 4, 1994, at United Medical Center-West in Cheyenne. He was 72. A memorial service was held at 10 a.m., Monday, April 10, at the Davis Funeral Home in Riverton. The Reverand J. Holland Vernon officiated. Bob Novotny was cremated and his ashes scattered in his beloved Absaroka Mountains. A memorial plaque for Bob is set with those for his three brothers on the reverse of his parents' headstone in Mountain View Cemetery, Riverton.
Survivors were his wife, Jean, of Cheyenne; two step-sons, Donald and Steve Ellenbecker, both of Cheyenne; a step-daughter, Ann Cole of Denver; two brothers, William Novotny of Riverton and Ray Novotny of Ontario, Oregon; and seven step-grandchildren. Mr. Novotny was preceded in death by his parents, one brother and a niece.
