Robert G. Bezzant

1926 - 2015

Robert G. Bezzant
Aug. 13, 1926 - May 14, 2015
Resident of Orem, Utah
Robert Glen Bezzant of Orem, Utah passed away on May 14th, 2015 in Provo, Utah after complications from surgery.
He was 88 years, old having been born August 13th, 1926 at Bingham Canyon, Utah. His parents were Glen L. And Luretha May Smith Bezzant, natives of Pleasant Grove Utah. He married Elaine Arla Peterson of San Bernardino California on October 26th, 1950 (later solemnized in the St. George Utah temple on December 28th, 1950).
They were the parents of 3 sons and 3 daughters; Robert Reed (deceased) (Alice), William James (Nieto) , Julianne Lusvardi (Mark) , Daniel Glen (Susan) , Merilee Cummings (Clifford), and Jolene Hood(Steven), and had 31 grandchildren, 38 great-grandchildren, and 1 great-great grandson.
Robert was a veteran of World War II (Navy) and the Korean Conflict (Army).
His early years were spent in Bingham, Farmington and Pleasant Grove, Utah. He was student body president at Pleasant Grove High School and studied at University of Redlands, UCLA, University of Utah (BS Civil Engineering 1950) and USC (MS Civil Engineering 1959).
He worked professionally for the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation at projects on/in the Provo River in Utah, for the Japan Construction Agency in Tokyo, the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, and for the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. He was City Engineer for Alhambra, California for 6 years, then Director of Public Works for the City of San Mateo, California for the last 25 years of his work career.
Robert enjoyed photographing nature and family, traveling, reading, gardening, watching baseball and football, camping, swimming, boating, rafting, hiking, and personally building the family summer home in California.
When asked what he would do differently if he had his life to live over, he thought a minute and said, "I think i would part my hair in the middle."
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