M. Robert (Bob) Dawson (1926-2008)

DAWSON, FRONING, HAMMOND

Posted By: Ames Tribune
Date: 12/20/2008 at 08:02:19

THE AMES TRIBUNE, Ames, Story County, Iowa, Friday, December 19, 2008.

Dec. 4, 1926-Dec. 17, 2008

M. Robert (Bob) Dawson, 82, of Nevada passed away Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2008, at Mary Greeley Medical Center in Ames, Iowa. Memorial Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 20, at the Christian Church - Disciple of Christ in Nevada. Visitation will be from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 19, at Bacon Funeral Home in Nevada.

Bob was born in Aurelia, Iowa, on Dec. 4, 1926, the son of Leland and Margaret (Froning) Dawson. He lived near Cherokee until he was 7 years old, then he moved to Story City and next to Gilbert. He attended Wentworth Military Academy, the University of Nebraska and AIB. He served in the Army Air Corps during World War II. He married Mary Lasell in Des Moines on July 13, 1947.

Bob owned and managed grain elevators in Gilbert and Nevada. He retired in December 1989 and worked as a Park Aid for the Story County Conservation Board. Bob was a member of the Central Presbyterian Church in Nevada. An Eagle Scout himself, Bob was a Scout Leader of Nevada Troup 129. He was a charter member of the Gilbert Lions Club and also a member of the American Legion, Toastmasters, Rotary, CPI, the Masonic Lodge, the Don Ce Sar Dance Club and the Za Ga Zig Shrine. He was a private pilot, and he loved the outdoors, fishing, home brewing, and reading. Always challenging himself, he embraced e-mail and the tools of the Internet.

Bob is survived by his wife, Mary, of Nevada; three sons, M. Robert "Bob" II (Jane) Dawson, of Nevada; Michael ( Diane) Dawson, of Nevada; Richard (Linda) Dawson, of Maxwell; and a daughter, Patricia (Gene) Hammond, of Brandon, S.D.; four grandchildren, Josh Dawson, Lindsey Dawson, William Dawson and Haley Hammond; and one great-granddaughter, Edith Dawson.

He was preceded in death by his parents; and an infant daughter, Margo.

Memorials may be given to the Bob Dawson Memorial Fund.

Bacon Funeral Home and Crematory is handling the arrangements.

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