Robert Clay Owen, 82, of Imlay City, died Friday, May 8, 2020, after a short illness.
Bob was born January 4, 1938, in Lapeer. He is the son of the late Lloyd and the late Dorothy (Wildey) Owen and grew up in the Lapeer and Columbiaville areas.
He attended Kearsley High School in Flint. Bob joined the U.S. Navy right out of high school. He served from 1955-1959; he was stationed aboard a destroyer. He married Susan Ann Buike on May 16, 1964 at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Imlay City. Bob started working as a truck driver for Crowell Trucking in Almont, worked as a Sales Representative for Champion Bus & Motor Home in Imlay City for 20 years, worked for L & L Products in Romeo and the "Best Job of All" was as a parts delivery driver for Dodge & Sons NAPA Parts Store in Imlay City, which he did throughout his retirement years. Bob loved to fish, golf and hunt. He especially enjoyed going up to the Upper Peninsula to the Buike Family Cabin in Newberry. Bob was a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church of Imlay City and the Imlay City American Legion Post # 135.
He is survived by his wife, his daughter, his son, his brother-in-law, his four grandchildren and his great-grandchildren. Also surviving are his beloved in-laws, nieces and nephews, cousins and many good friends.
Bob was preceded in death by his parents, Lloyd and Dorothy Owen; parents-in-law, Doug and Ilah Buike; sisters, Betty Daniels and Virginia Crowel; brother, Lloyd (Connie) Owen, Jr.
It is being planned that Bob's cremated remains will be interred at Great Lakes National Cemetery in Holly later this summer.
Bob was born January 4, 1938, in Lapeer. He is the son of the late Lloyd and the late Dorothy (Wildey) Owen and grew up in the Lapeer and Columbiaville areas.
He attended Kearsley High School in Flint. Bob joined the U.S. Navy right out of high school. He served from 1955-1959; he was stationed aboard a destroyer. He married Susan Ann Buike on May 16, 1964 at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Imlay City. Bob started working as a truck driver for Crowell Trucking in Almont, worked as a Sales Representative for Champion Bus & Motor Home in Imlay City for 20 years, worked for L & L Products in Romeo and the "Best Job of All" was as a parts delivery driver for Dodge & Sons NAPA Parts Store in Imlay City, which he did throughout his retirement years. Bob loved to fish, golf and hunt. He especially enjoyed going up to the Upper Peninsula to the Buike Family Cabin in Newberry. Bob was a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church of Imlay City and the Imlay City American Legion Post # 135.
He is survived by his wife, his daughter, his son, his brother-in-law, his four grandchildren and his great-grandchildren. Also surviving are his beloved in-laws, nieces and nephews, cousins and many good friends.
Bob was preceded in death by his parents, Lloyd and Dorothy Owen; parents-in-law, Doug and Ilah Buike; sisters, Betty Daniels and Virginia Crowel; brother, Lloyd (Connie) Owen, Jr.
It is being planned that Bob's cremated remains will be interred at Great Lakes National Cemetery in Holly later this summer.
Robert Clay Owen, 82, of Imlay City, died Friday, May 8, 2020, after a short illness.
Bob was born January 4, 1938, in Lapeer. He is the son of the late Lloyd and the late Dorothy (Wildey) Owen and grew up in the Lapeer and Columbiaville areas.
He attended Kearsley High School in Flint. Bob joined the U.S. Navy right out of high school. He served from 1955-1959; he was stationed aboard a destroyer. He married Susan Ann Buike on May 16, 1964 at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Imlay City. Bob started working as a truck driver for Crowell Trucking in Almont, worked as a Sales Representative for Champion Bus & Motor Home in Imlay City for 20 years, worked for L & L Products in Romeo and the "Best Job of All" was as a parts delivery driver for Dodge & Sons NAPA Parts Store in Imlay City, which he did throughout his retirement years. Bob loved to fish, golf and hunt. He especially enjoyed going up to the Upper Peninsula to the Buike Family Cabin in Newberry. Bob was a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church of Imlay City and the Imlay City American Legion Post # 135.
He is survived by his wife, his daughter, his son, his brother-in-law, his four grandchildren and his great-grandchildren. Also surviving are his beloved in-laws, nieces and nephews, cousins and many good friends.
Bob was preceded in death by his parents, Lloyd and Dorothy Owen; parents-in-law, Doug and Ilah Buike; sisters, Betty Daniels and Virginia Crowel; brother, Lloyd (Connie) Owen, Jr.
It is being planned that Bob's cremated remains will be interred at Great Lakes National Cemetery in Holly later this summer.
Bob was born January 4, 1938, in Lapeer. He is the son of the late Lloyd and the late Dorothy (Wildey) Owen and grew up in the Lapeer and Columbiaville areas.
He attended Kearsley High School in Flint. Bob joined the U.S. Navy right out of high school. He served from 1955-1959; he was stationed aboard a destroyer. He married Susan Ann Buike on May 16, 1964 at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Imlay City. Bob started working as a truck driver for Crowell Trucking in Almont, worked as a Sales Representative for Champion Bus & Motor Home in Imlay City for 20 years, worked for L & L Products in Romeo and the "Best Job of All" was as a parts delivery driver for Dodge & Sons NAPA Parts Store in Imlay City, which he did throughout his retirement years. Bob loved to fish, golf and hunt. He especially enjoyed going up to the Upper Peninsula to the Buike Family Cabin in Newberry. Bob was a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church of Imlay City and the Imlay City American Legion Post # 135.
He is survived by his wife, his daughter, his son, his brother-in-law, his four grandchildren and his great-grandchildren. Also surviving are his beloved in-laws, nieces and nephews, cousins and many good friends.
Bob was preceded in death by his parents, Lloyd and Dorothy Owen; parents-in-law, Doug and Ilah Buike; sisters, Betty Daniels and Virginia Crowel; brother, Lloyd (Connie) Owen, Jr.
It is being planned that Bob's cremated remains will be interred at Great Lakes National Cemetery in Holly later this summer.
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