Robert Joseph Eisenrich

ROBERT JOSEPH EISENRICH
January 16, 1934 ˜ April 19, 2025

Major Robert Joseph Eisenrich, 91, of Vancouver, WA, known as “Bob” to his family and friends, joined his Heavenly Father on April 19, 2025 after living a rich and full life. He was the youngest child of Frank and Anne Eisenrich, born on Jan. 16, 1934 in Amboy, IL, who enjoyed fishing, hunting, being in nature, and having fun.

After attending Amboy High School, he joined the military where he was selected for the US Air Force Candidate School. He was commissioned as a second Lieutenant and trained as a navigator. During his twenty years in the Air Force, he served active duty on bases in Vietnam, Texas, Germany, California, Japan, Louisiana, and Idaho. Mid-career, he became a Nuclear and Ground Safety Officer and served on a regional safety inspection team. He ended his commitment to our country at Mountain Home AFB, ID, in 1973. After retirement he completed his Bachelor of Science Degree in Aviation Management at Boise State University in 1975.

A life-long Catholic, he enjoyed traveling, boating, bowling, chaperoning his kids’ school field trips, going to the spa, growing a garden and more. He strove to be kind to others, do the best he could with what life handed him, and had a dry sense of humor, asking people in the check-out stand, “Is today your birthday?”

He married Jane Rohrer in 1964 and during their 17 years together had three children, Paula, Lisa and Peter. He is survived by his son Peter, daughter Paula, and four grandchildren. Bob was much loved by his family a caring and generous presence in their lives who will be missed. He is buried in the Willamette National Cemetery in Portland, Oregon.
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