Robert Partido

Robert Partido



Robert (Bob) Partido, age 85, passed away on Monday, August 2, 2021, after a long battle with Alzheimer's.

He was born on October 18, 1935, in Woodward, OK. He was preceded in death by his parents, Gabriel Kane, and Andrea Partido; and his 10 brothers and sisters.

He served in the US Army as an artillery crewman in Korea and achieved the rank of Sergeant. He then earned a degree in Agronomy at Pan Handle State University in Goodwell, OK. After college he began his career with the United State Department of Agriculture, Forest Service.

He worked on the Kaibab, Prescott, Santa Fe, and Lincoln National Forests, and at the Southwestern Regional Office. Bob worked as Forster, Range Conservationist, Range Staff, Biologist, Fire Staff, District Ranger, Range Ecologist, and Director of the USFS Southwestern Range Program. He traveled the country and the world with his job as a mining reclamation specialist and as a wildland fire fighter. He taught wildland firefighting courses in Mexico, Puerto Rico, Argentina, Chile, Spain, and Portugal.

Bob was a member of Society of Range Management and the Society of American Foresters (SAF). He held leadership roles at all levels and served on the national council of SAF. In 2000 he received the SAF Forester of the Century Award. Bob was instrumental in organizing bi-annual reunions between the Southwest Society of SAF and the Association of Mexican Professional Foresters. He was active in Friends of Smokey Bear Balloon where he was a founding board member.

In 1963 while working in Cuba, NM, Bob met the love of his life, Oliva Aragon and were married in Cuba, NM on February 18, 1965. His hobbies included hunting, fishing, golfing, skiing, rafting, watching football, and hot air ballooning.

He is survived and will be missed by his wife, Olivia; son, Gabriel; daughter, Dorothy; daughter-in-law, Anna; son-in-law, Lionel; and grandsons, Vicente, Gabriel, and Tomas, as well as numerous nieces and nephews.

The celebration of the Holy Rosary will be held on Friday, August 20, 2021, at 9:30 a.m. followed by a Funeral Mass at St. Jude Thaddeus Catholic Church, 5712 Paradise Blvd in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Interment will take place at Santa Fe National Cemetery on Friday, August 27, 2021, at 3:00 p.m.

In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to one of the following organizations: www.smokeybearballo

on.org or Altamira NM Supporting Families, Realizing Dreams altamiranm.org. Please visit our online guestbook for Bob at

www.FrenchFunerals.com.