Friend, Robert M. (1944 - 2016)

FRIEND, PAULSEN, LUNEY, SWENSEN, KENKEL, AITKENHEAD, PLUMB

Posted By: Denise Wurner (email)
Date: 4/29/2016 at 15:00:43

Name of deceased: Robert “Bob” Max Friend

Aged: 72 yrs, 2 mo, 30 days

Residence: Bellevue, NE

Born: Jan. 7, 1944; Harlan, IA

Died: April 6, 2016; Bellevue, NE

Funeral services: Monday, April 11, 2016; Pauley Jones Funeral Home, Harlan, IA; burial was in the Harlan Cemetery, Harlan, IA.

Survived by: Daughter, Dawn Paulsen of Malvern, IA; son, Duane (spouse, Jennifer) Friend of Council Bluffs, IA; grandchildren, Danielle and Brooke Paulsen and Alexandria, Addison, and Zackary Friend; great-granddaughters, Tatum and Avery; mother, Jeanne (nee Luney) Friend of Harlan, IA; sisters, Janet (spouse, Jim) Swensen of Harlan, IA and Joanne (spouse, Alan) Kenkel of Defiance, IA; nieces; nephews; other family members and friends

Predeceased by: Father, Max Friend; sister, Barbara Aitkenhead; brother, James Friend; grandparents, James G. and Gladys Luney; grandmother, Frances Plumb Friend

Education: attended Harlan (IA) Community Schools; graduated with the Class of 1962; he then went to barber school in Des Moines, IA

Religious affiliation: baptized and confirmed at the First United Methodist Church, Harlan, IA, and remained a lifelong member

Military service: no information provided

Marriage: no information provided

Employment: In 1965, he began working as a barber in Avoca, IA and in 1966, he opened his own barber shop, “Bob’s Barber Shop.” He worked as a barber until the early 1970's, when he began driving a truck for CRST in Avoca, IA; he then worked for several different companies in the area over the next few years until becoming a dispatcher in 1976 where he remained until his stroke in 2006. After that, Bob worked various jobs until his retirement in early 2016.

Hobbies/Interests: helped to create the Jaycee Club in Avoca, where he was an active member as a businessman; loved to bowl and played on different leagues in his younger days; was a member of the 500 Club in Council Bluffs, IA with 25 years sobriety.

Sources: pauleyjones.com