Robert L. Richmond
Robert L. Richmond
Robert L. Richmond, 92, of Boise, passed
away February 27, 2012, of age-related causes.
M
emorial servic
es
w
ill be held at 1 p.m
.
on Saturda
y,
March
2
4
,
at the
F
ir
s
t B
a
pti
s
t
C
hur
c
h
,
13
th
and
W
as
hi
ng
ton
S
treets
,
Boise
.
Bob
w
as born in
Sher
i
dan
,
W
yo
min
g,
on D
e
c
e
mber 5
,
191
9,
to Bill
and
A
lic
e
R
i
chmond
.
He mo
ve
d to
Cabarton
,
Idaho
,
in 1923
, w
here he recei
v
ed hi
s
elementary
e
ducation and
gr
adu
a
ted from Donn
e
lly
,
Id
a
ho
,
High School in 1934
.
His famil
y
li
v
ed in a
U
nion
Pacific boxcar that
w
as con
v
erted
to
a
h
o
me most of
hi
s
youth
.
In 1939 he started hi
s
career
w
ith the Union P
ac
ific Railroad
.
His first po
s
ition
w
as a
s
tel
e
grapher
-
agent
.
He worked
his way up the corporate ladder with various assignments in Idaho
,
Las Vegas
,
Salt Lake City, Los Ang
e
les
,
Portland
,
Oregon
,
and Om
a
ha
, N
eb
r
aska
,
where he retired
a
s Vice President-Operations in 1981
.
He went
f
rom living in a bo
x
car to ha
v
in
g
his o
w
n railro
a
d car
, w
hich
carried the name
"
Cabarton
."
Hi
s w
as a r
e
markable career
, go
in
g f
rom the lo
west
pa
yi
n
g
job
t
o being the
number t
w
o
in
command
,
a f
e
at th
a
t
j
u
s
t
w
ould not
happ
e
n in thi
s
da
y a
nd
a
g
e, g
i
v
en his
e
du
cat
ion. H
e
us
e
d to delight
w
h
e
n th
e
l
awye
rs
a
nd other railro
a
d o
f
ficials
,
with
their
v
ariou
s
education
a
l degrees hun
g
proudl
y
in their o
f
fice
s
,
w
ould be summoned to his o
f
fice
w
here he proudl
y
had hun
g
on his wall hi
s
Donnell
y
H
ig
h School diploma
!
He lo
v
ed to tell people he
g
raduated in th
e
t
op ten of hi
s c
l
ass
.
(
Ther
e w
ere a t
o
t
a
l of nin
e
student
s
.
)
H
e
lo
ve
d e
v
er
y
da
y of
h
is wo
r
k
.
Bob married the love of his life
,
Donna B
e
th Ros
e
,
on December 21
,
1939. He m
e
t Donn
a
Beth
when she
w
a
s
attending
Cascade High School
,
and this union produced two children
,
Bob (his
w
ife Sandy
)
of
Boise
,
and Sue Ann Shipley
(
her husband Dick) of Poulsbo
,
Washing
t
on
.
He is survived by his children
,
four grandchildren
,
Jill
Richmond Johnson (Peter), Rob Richmond (
E
lisabeth
),
Paul
S
hipley
(
Rebecca)
a
nd Scott Shipley (Hella)
,
and seven great grandchildren, Libby, Chloe and Graham Richmond
and Ben
,
Matt
,
Jack and E
v
a Shipley
.
Donna Beth passed away June 26, 1998
.
A member of the Greatest Generation, he
served in the Air Force during World War II
A
f
ter
retirement Bob li
v
ed in
A
ri
z
ona for t
we
nt
y yea
r
s, w
here he ser
ve
d
o
n
va
r
io
u
s
n
on
profit boards. He took training and
w
as active in The Stephens Ministry program in Rio Verde and
Peoria
,
Arizona
,
a
nd he was Ari
z
ona State Chairman of the Fellowship of
C
hristian Athl
e
tes
.
He lo
ve
d
t
he
L
ord
,
h
av
ing commi
t
ted
his life to Him m
a
ny
y
ear
s
ago. Bob mo
v
ed to Boi
s
e
yea
r
s
a
g
o to be nea
rer
hi
s
famil
y
.
He
wa
s a member
o
f
the Bapti
s
t
Church
,
a member o
f
the
Ma
s
oni
c
L
o
d
ge,
Sco
t
ti
s
h Rite
,
a Shriner
,
a
nd a p
a
st
member of Rot
a
r
y
Club of
Boi
se
.
B
o
b
w
a
s a great
role model for
hi
s fa
m
i
l
y
,
a
m
an
o
f int
e
g
ri
ty an
d
wis
dom
,
c
oupl
e
d
wi
th lo
v
ing kindn
ess.
H
e
w
as a
s
o
ft spok
e
n
,
car
i
n
g
and
ge
ntl
e
p
e
r
s
on. He
w
a
s a
m
an
o
f s
ubstance. B
o
b h
a
d
a w
onder
f
ul sen
s
e of
humor and a smil
e
and
a
k
i
nd
w
ord for a
l
l.
Our Dad
,
Grandpa
and Gramps will be
g
reatly missed. We all lo
v
e him v
e
ry much but
k
no
w
tha
t
h
e
i
s
in he
av
en
w
ith h
i
s b
e
lo
ve
d Donna B
e
th
, w
ho he has
mi
s
s
e
d so much.
I
n
li
e
u
of
fl
owe
r
s
,
m
e
mori
a
l
s
ma
y
b
e
m
a
d
e t
o th
e
B
o
i
s
e Re
sc
u
e
Mis
s
ion
,
3
08
S
outh
24
th
St
r
e
et
,
B
o
i
se
,
Id
a
h
o
8
3
7
02
.
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