Robert was born in Arkansas and came to Colorado after serving in the Army during Vietnam.

He married his wife Mary and started a family on the west side of Denver in Arvada and then moving to Westminster. He was a electrician by trade and a long standing member of the local 68 IBEW. 

He is survived by his children Troy and Heather, his grandchildren Jordan, Haylee, Connor and Payton, brother Bill and sisters Mary and Patsy.

Preceded in death by his wife Mary, his father Silas mother Marie.