Bob joined the US Navy in January of 1948 to become a Navy Corpsman. He served for four years. He returned home to attend the University of South Dakota in Vermillion, receiving his BS in Elementary Education in 1957.
He and his wife Marilyn, also a teacher, moved to Colorado Springs in 1960 where he taught English at East and Irving Junior High Schools. During summer months he pursued and earned his Master's Degree from Western State College in Gunnison, CO in 1965. He retired in 1981.
Bob was a master at carpentry with an envious wood working shop. He single-handedly built a showcase mountain home on property that he and his wife owned near St. Elmo, CO. Completed in 1987, the couple moved in and made it their new permanent home.
Bob and his wife were great outdoors people who enjoyed being out in nature. He was also an avid angler and that interest took them on several trips to Alaska where he fished for salmon and halibut. Travel was also high on their retirement list. They enjoyed Australia, New Zealand, Germany and England.
He fought a brave battle with cancer for over one year. His body was donated to the medical school at the University of Colorado for later inurnment beside his daughter, Susan. He was 78 at the time of his passing.
[Bio and family links provided by John J. Long, #47619262]
He and his wife Marilyn, also a teacher, moved to Colorado Springs in 1960 where he taught English at East and Irving Junior High Schools. During summer months he pursued and earned his Master's Degree from Western State College in Gunnison, CO in 1965. He retired in 1981.
Bob was a master at carpentry with an envious wood working shop. He single-handedly built a showcase mountain home on property that he and his wife owned near St. Elmo, CO. Completed in 1987, the couple moved in and made it their new permanent home.
Bob and his wife were great outdoors people who enjoyed being out in nature. He was also an avid angler and that interest took them on several trips to Alaska where he fished for salmon and halibut. Travel was also high on their retirement list. They enjoyed Australia, New Zealand, Germany and England.
He fought a brave battle with cancer for over one year. His body was donated to the medical school at the University of Colorado for later inurnment beside his daughter, Susan. He was 78 at the time of his passing.
[Bio and family links provided by John J. Long, #47619262]
Bob joined the US Navy in January of 1948 to become a Navy Corpsman. He served for four years. He returned home to attend the University of South Dakota in Vermillion, receiving his BS in Elementary Education in 1957.
He and his wife Marilyn, also a teacher, moved to Colorado Springs in 1960 where he taught English at East and Irving Junior High Schools. During summer months he pursued and earned his Master's Degree from Western State College in Gunnison, CO in 1965. He retired in 1981.
Bob was a master at carpentry with an envious wood working shop. He single-handedly built a showcase mountain home on property that he and his wife owned near St. Elmo, CO. Completed in 1987, the couple moved in and made it their new permanent home.
Bob and his wife were great outdoors people who enjoyed being out in nature. He was also an avid angler and that interest took them on several trips to Alaska where he fished for salmon and halibut. Travel was also high on their retirement list. They enjoyed Australia, New Zealand, Germany and England.
He fought a brave battle with cancer for over one year. His body was donated to the medical school at the University of Colorado for later inurnment beside his daughter, Susan. He was 78 at the time of his passing.
[Bio and family links provided by John J. Long, #47619262]
He and his wife Marilyn, also a teacher, moved to Colorado Springs in 1960 where he taught English at East and Irving Junior High Schools. During summer months he pursued and earned his Master's Degree from Western State College in Gunnison, CO in 1965. He retired in 1981.
Bob was a master at carpentry with an envious wood working shop. He single-handedly built a showcase mountain home on property that he and his wife owned near St. Elmo, CO. Completed in 1987, the couple moved in and made it their new permanent home.
Bob and his wife were great outdoors people who enjoyed being out in nature. He was also an avid angler and that interest took them on several trips to Alaska where he fished for salmon and halibut. Travel was also high on their retirement list. They enjoyed Australia, New Zealand, Germany and England.
He fought a brave battle with cancer for over one year. His body was donated to the medical school at the University of Colorado for later inurnment beside his daughter, Susan. He was 78 at the time of his passing.
[Bio and family links provided by John J. Long, #47619262]
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