Robert Edgar Smith

BORN: NOVEMBER 4, 1932 IN SPARKS, NV DATE OF DEATH: SEPTEMBER 1, 2020 BOB WAS THE 2ND OF FIVE CHILDREN BORN TO JAMES AND NELLIE SMITH. BOB'S SURVIVING SIBLINGS ARE HIS BROTHER JAMES AND SISTERS MARYAN, MARGIE, AND CAROL, ALL OF THE RENO AREA. BOB IS ALSO SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE SARA SMITH AND HIS CHILDREN BRETT SMITH AND JODI CROWLEY. BOB ATTENDED THE LOCAL SCHOOLS GRADUATING FROM SPARKS HIGH SCHOOL IN 1950. BOB SERVED IN THE NEVADA AIR NATIONAL GUARD 1951-1952. BOB WORKED FOR THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD, OFTEN TIMES ALONG SIDE HIS DAD. IN 1963 BOB WENT TO WORK FOR NEVADA BELL WORKING IN NEVADA UNTIL 1984. AT THAT TIME HE TRANSFERRED TO CHICO, CA, LATER RETIRING FROM AT&T IN 1997. BOB MARRIED MARILYN PEARSON IN 1958. THEY HAD TWO CHILDREN BRETT SMITH BORN IN 1960 AND JODI CROWLEY BORN IN 1965. THERE ARE SEVERAL GRANDCHILDREN AND ONE GREAT GRANDCHILD. BOB AND SARA WERE MARRIED IN 1983. IN 1984 THEY MOVED TO PARADISE, CA AND LIVED THERE UNTIL THE CAMP FIRE OF NOVEMBER 2018. BOB'S MAIN HOBBY WAS WOODWORKING. HE IS BEST KNOWN FOR HIS CUSTOM ROCKING HORSES, HE MADE OVER 30 OF THEM. BOB WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN HELPING TO SET UP AND ORGANIZE THE PARADISE ROD AND GUN HIGHWAY PICK-UP ON THE SKYWAY. HE WAS A DEDICATED VOLUNTEER WITH THE TELEPHONE PIONEERS CRAB FEED EVERY SPRING. HE WAS A VOLUNTEER AT THE TRAIN DEPOT MUSEUM IN PARADISE. BOB AND SARA WERE VOLUNTEERS FOR CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE AS BREEDER CARETAKERS, RAISING MANY PUPPIES WHO WENT ON TO SERVE PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES OTHER THAN BLINDNESS. BOB SUFFERED A DEBILITATING STROKE IN 2014 BUT STILL STAYED AS ACTIVE AS HE COULD, DURING THIS TIME HE CONTINUED TO WORK ON THE RESTORATION OF HIS 1959 GMC PICK-UP. BOB WILL BE MISSED AND REMEMBERED BY MANY AS A KIND AND LOVING MAN. HE WILL BE ESPECIALLY MISSED BY HIS FAMILY AND HIS TWO BEST FRIENDS HIS BROTHER JIM AND LIFELONG FRIEND MASON SHEPLEY OF DAYTON NV.