H. Bob Musser, Jr.
H. Bob Musser, Jr.
H. Bob Musser
,
Jr., 71 passed away
at home on November 15
,
2011 from leukemia. A celebration of his life will be held on
Monday
,
November
21
,
2011 at Red Rock
Christian Church located at 1124 Roosevelt
,
Bo
i
se
,
ID at 10:00 a.m. The
service will be under the direction of Alden-Waggoner Funeral Chapel.
Bob was born
January 29
,
1
940
to H.B. Musse
r
,
Sr
.
and Helen R. Musser in Nampa
,
ID
.
He grew up in Bo
i
se and attended
elementary school at Jefferson Elementary and f
i
nished a
t
Frankli
n
Elementary Schoo
l
,
attending West Jr
.
H
i
gh Schoo
l
and graduating
f
rom Bo
i
se H
i
gh School in 1958
.
Throughout
hi
gh school Bob played saxophone
i
n the March
i
ng Band and the Jazz band
.
His love of jazz music continued even after he graduated
.
One of his favorite
things to attend was H
i
gh School Reun
i
ons
.
He enjoyed renewing old acquaintances. He attended Boise Junior
College for two years th
i
nking he might be a history teache
r
,
but decided
t
o go another direction
.
Bob marr
i
ed Sandra Jane
Compton on May 21
,
1961
;
in their 25 years of marriage they were b
l
essed with three
child
r
en
.
They later divorced
but developed a friendship tha
t
bonded them together as parents
.
Bob was a
"
furn
i
ture lumper"
as he fondly called h
i
mse
l
f. He started in the moving and storage business at a young age
and worked over 30 years in Bo
i
se for NorthAmerican Van Lines
.
In 1984
,
he moved to Kennewick
,
WA to work for
North American there and was
l
ater transferred to Seattle and worked for Mitchell Moving and
Storage. After another 20 years
i
n the mov
i
ng and storage business Bob decided retirement was the t
i
cket and that he
was ready to come
"
home" to Boise
,
however he was not ready to completely get out of the business
and worked partt
i
me as a packer for Me
r
chant's Moving & Storage so that he could have a little
"mad money"
.
Part of the
attraction on coming home to Boise
i
n addition to family and grandkids was Delsa Anne Smith
,
his soulmate and
partner
.
They
had been classmates s
i
nce the age of 14 and reconnected at a Jr
.
High class reunion
.
For the past 12
years they have been a great team
,
and as was Bob's nature
,
he created and blended a un
i
que family dynam
i
c wh
i
ch
i
ncluded Delsa and her ch
i
ldren and grandchildren with h
i
s own family
.
Th
i
s past
twelve
years have been some of the best and happ
i
est t
i
mes in his l
i
fe
.
Bob had many hobb
i
es
,
and was a master
woodcrafter
.
He was prec
i
se in h
i
s work and
loved
to
create
.
He
also en
j
oyed watching the
car
r
aces out at
Meridian Speedway
.
When his son
i
n law started rac
i
ng h
i
mse
l
f it was the cherry on his ice cream sundae and
"
Mad Dog Musser
"
was there to cheer
him on and sponsor h
i
m
.
His family purchased a r
i
de for him on Father's Day a coup
l
e of years ago
,
and he was able to fulfill a w
i
sh to catch a r
i
de
i
n the two-seater spr
i
nt car at Merid
i
an Speedway. He also enjoyed NASCAR rac
i
ng
,
co
u
ntry and western
and jazz mus
i
c and could be depended on to be in the cheering section for his
grandson's band compet
i
tions and h
i
s granddaughter
'
s basketball games. Upon h
i
s return to Boise
,
he became
involved
with
Delsa
'
s church
,
Red Rock Chr
i
st
i
an Church
.
The funny thing was
he attended the same church as a young ch
i
ld
,
so it was another homecoming of sorts
.
He became involved
in be
i
ng an act
i
ve church membe
r
participat
i
ng i
n
and creating at the
church w
i
th his church fam
i
ly
,
and his love of the
Lord.
Bob is survived by
this three children
,
Camille A.
(
Cammy) Baldwin and her husband Rick Baldwin of Middleton
,
10
,
N
i
cholas Lucky Musser
and his wife Erin Musser of Seattle
,
WA and Hamilton Bryan Musser and h
i
s wife Allison Musser of Los Fresnos
,
TX
.
His grandchildren
were one of his greatest joys and they included
,
Cody Baldwin
,
Shelby Baldwin
,
Madison Musser
,
Isaiah Musser
,
Xander Musser and
his newest grandchild who he got to meet before his passing
,
Rachel Musser
.
He is also survived
by his sister
,
Patty Wildes-Vroman and her husband Greg Vroman of Reno
,
NV
.
Last but definitely
not least
,
h
i
s loving part
n
er and soul mate
,
Delsa Anne Smith
,
Bo
i
se
,
ID
and
her wonderful family tha
t
fondly referred
t
o him as "Bobby"
.
Bob
'
s family would like
to thank the hosp
i
tal and staff at MST
I
and St. Lukes Hospital who
gave
him such wonderful care
over
the course of h
i
s
i
llness
,
Dr
.
Paul Montgome
r
y was a
l
so so k
i
nd and did all he
could do for us as well as St. Lukes Hospice and the nurses w
i
th TLC Healthcare
for a
l
lowing him to spend
his last days at home
.
Memor
i
a
l
s may be made in Bob's name to MSTI Foundation Board.
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