Early to work! Sadness in Love.

Bob started work when he was only fourteen.  He cut trees all summer for Reynolds Construction and had a job from then on.  He drove truck two years before he had a driver's license! The next five years he operated a cat and a scraper and oiled on a crusher and hot plant.

He attended Snow College for two years and earned an Associate of Science degree.  He played baseball and basketball and was captain of the basketball team.  After a quarter at BYU he joined the U.S.Army.  He was stationed at Fort Carson, Colorado and played basketball for the Battle Group team. He spent a year and a half at Fort Lewis, Washington. He was discharged in 1960 and reactivated eight months later for the Berlin Crisis.  So one more year in the Army.  He enjoyed his military experiences very much. 

He found work was slow in Utah so he moved to Las Vegas in December 1961.  He married LaRae Snyder in 1962.  LaRae had a beautiful four year old daughter named Geri Sue. In 1963 his oldest son Jay was born. During LaRae's pregnancy the doctors discovered cancer. Thanks to some of the original 17th Ward members they were reactivated and were sealed in the St. George LDS Temple.  LaRae passed on when Jay was a year and a half old.  He was cared for by Grandma Ila Groesbeck while Bob worked in Las Vegas.