Robert Eugene WADE

WADE, MILLARD, DORR, JAMES, HILL, MARPLE

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 12/29/2006 at 22:45:05

Robert Eugene Wade, 70, of Belmond, died on Wednesday, January 19, 2005, at the Mercy Medical Center of North Iowa. Funeral services were held on Saturday, January 22, at the Dugger-Ewing Funeral Home in Belmond, with Pastoral Minister Regina Lamoureux officiating. Casketbearers were Vic Fleener, Bill Miller, Russ Barkema, Brian McVey, Josh Dorr, Rick Kinseth and John Just.

Robert was born on February 15, 1934 to James Alton Wade, Sr. and Analene Norpha Millard. He grew up in Tennessee near Bristol and Kingsport where he graduated from high school. He loved to race cars on a dirt track and built his own dragster. Bob was was one of the first to drag race at the Daytona Speedway. He worked at Holliston Mills in Kingsport. He then moved to Florida where he built bridges, working for Soules Construction and later working for Florida Gas. He married Kathryn Dorr on July 6, 1973 in Salt Springs, Florida. In 1991 they moved to Belmond where he did many odd jobs and was considered "the Bob of all trades". He loved woodworking and spending time with friends, but his greatest love was racing.

Bob is survived by his wife; children, Debbie (Steve) James of Citra, Florida, Lisa Hill of Jacksonville, Florida, Brian Wade of California, Roger (Jackie) Wade of Jacksonville, Florida and Cara (Tom) Marple of Mullica Hills, New Jersey; brothers, Jimmy (Mary) and Larry (Shirley) of Kingsport; sixteen grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

January 25, 2005
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