Robert L Springfield Jr.

March 17, 1926

November 29, 2012

Longtime local resident, Robert (Bob) L. Springfield Jr., 86, died peacefully at Golden Years Personal Care in Port Angeles of natural causes.

He was born in Hondo, Tex.on March 17, 1926 to Robert L. Springfield Sr. and Flora (Spear) Springfield. He and his three younger half-sisters, Marie, Arlene, and Laverne, spent most of their childhoods living in Arizona and Colorado.

Bob started his lifetime of hard work in the logging camps of Colorado, learning to drive trucks at the age of 11. After his Junior year of high school, he and 5 friends joined the Navy to fight the remainder of WWII in the south Pacific. When his Navy tour was complete, he returned to finish high school at Cortez, Colo.

After graduation, while visiting a friend in Port Angeles, Bob met Lee Kirkpatrick, his first love. They married on November 6, 1948 and had 2 children together, Patrick and Cheri.

Bob started his career at the Peninsula Plywood mill in 1952. He rose through the ranks, taking a few business classes along the way, and achieved the position of Plywood Superintendent. He remained working there for over 30 years, until his retirement.

After nearly 55 years of marriage, Bob's first love Lee passed away. Two years later Bob met his second love, Velma Winters (widowed the same year as Bob) at a dance. They married on September 16, 2005 and remained together until the end.

Bob is survived by his wife Velma; his children, Cheri of Anchorage and Patrick of Port Angeles; his sisters Laverne Calhoun of Cortez, Colo.; and Arlene Hespe of Tex.; 4 grandchildren; and 5 great-grandchildren.

Bob is preceded in death by his wife Lee; his sister Marie; and his great-granddaughter Kaylee Springfield.

There will be no memorial service, at his request. Private inurnment will be at MountAngelesMemorialPark after cremation.

In lieu of flowers, you may donate to Volunteer Hospice of Clallam County, 540 E. 8th, Port Angeles, WA98362, or Peninsula Home Fund, PO Box 1330, Port Angeles, WA98362 in Bob's name.