ROBERT BELL

Robert L. Bell 1922 ~ 2010 Robert Lee Bell of South Jordan, Utah died Monday, August 23, 2010 in the Salt Lake Regional Hospital of Congestive Heart Failure. He was born in North Platte, Nebraska on August 31, 1922 and later moved to a small town near the Tetons in Idaho. In 1936 his family moved to Laramie, Wyoming. He graduated from high school in 1942 and then worked on the railroad. He joined the Army Air Corps in 1944 where he flew 30 missions over Europe. He married Shirley Crawford in 1946. He then started at the University of Wyoming, but when the Korean Conflict started, he was recalled into the Air Force where he served for 27 years. They lived in Texas, Nebraska, Puerto Rico, Washington, Colorado, Mississippi, Georgia, South Dakota, and California. He served in Guam and Thailand during the Viet Nam War. Bob and Shirley were sealed in the Los Angeles Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1962. He received a bachelor's degree in Education from the School of Mines and Technology in Spearfish, South Dakota. When he retired from the Air Force in 1973, they moved to Nampa, Idaho where they lived for nearly 33 years. He then worked as a Job Shopper living short periods of time in Kentucky, Missouri and California. He retired the second time from McDonnell Douglas as a planner for the C-17 aircraft. They moved to the Salt Lake Valley in 2005 to be with family. He was an avid reader and could glance at a page and immediately see any misspelled words. He was a walking dictionary. He was very involved in the Boy Scouts of America serving more than 20 years. He loved gardening, doing genealogy, watching FOX news, decorating the house and yard for Christmas and being a big tease. He served in various callings in the Church. He is survived by his wife, Shirley, of nearly 65 years out of eternity; Bob and Su Bell of Weatherford, Texas; Steve and Diane Bell of Taylorsville, Utah; 17 grandkids; and 38 great-grandchildren with three more on the way. He is also survived by his sister, Zella Bell Milliken, and his sister-in-law, Pauline Crawford Hopkins, both of Laramie, Wyoming. His parents, Robert Lewis Bell and Ruby Hopkins; sister, Lola Bell Hotchkiss; and daughter-in-law, Marjorie Mackay Bell, preceded him in death. Funeral services will be held Thursday, August 26, 2010, 11:00 a.m. at the Parkway 2nd Ward, 9625 South 3400 West. Viewings will be held Wednesday, 6-8 p.m. at McDougal Funeral Home, 4330 South Redwood Road and Thursday at the church, 10-10:45 a.m. Interment will be in Laramie, Wyoming.