Robert Middleton
Robert Middleton
Robert Middleton, 72, of Meridian, died on
Wednesday, December 25, 2013, in a local hospital. A funeral service will be
held at 2 p.m., Sunday, January 5, 2014, at the Alden-Waggoner Funeral Chapel,
5400 Fairview Ave., Boise. Burial will take place at Calhoun Cemetery in
Magnolia, Iowa.
Robert was born on April 18, 1941, in Omaha,
Nebraska, to Clarence G. Middleton and Ruth E. (Lyon) Middleton. He graduated
from Modale H.S., Iowa, and then attended Morningside College in Sioux City,
Iowa before serving in the U.S. Air Force for four years. After his service in
the Air Force, Robert finished his schooling in 1969 at Boise State with a
Bachelors Degree.
Robert married his first wife, Vona Peckenpaugh, in
1967 in Boise. They were married for 39 years. They built their home in
Meridian with their own hands. Robert was an appraiser and inspector for Hud,
FHA and the VA. He worked all over Idaho and parts of Oregon. Vona died in Feb.
2007, after a long battle with Alzheimer’s. Robert was a devoted husband to her.
Robert married his second wife, Debbie, in September
of 2007. They were acquainted for several years while Debbie took care of his
next door neighbor.
Robert was a lifelong member of Ducks Unlimited, and
helped sponsor several chapters. He loved his chocolate labs, hunting with
friends, and listening to geese land on the roof each spring and hatching their
young from the goose box on Five Mile Creek. They seemed to hatch around the
week of his birthday and it was always a very special time. Robert was a great
mechanic, woodsmith, and machinist. It seemed that there was nothing he could
not fix. He was always there to lend a hand to a friend or neighbor when they
were in need.
He is surived by his wife, Debra D. Middleton;
sisters, Donna Ruth Schulz and Carol Clever; and several nieces and nephews. He
was preceded in death by his first wife, Vona, and his parents.
Memorials may be made in Robert’s name to, Ducks
Unlimited – c/o Mond Warren, 7314 E. Gray Lag Dr., Nampa, ID 83687.
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