La Crosse, Wisconsin died 31 March 2020 at his home in Colorado Springs. Bob was a
Vietnam and twenty year Air Force Civil Engineering veteran, spending half his career dealing
with Arctic engineering issues in Greenland, Alaska and the Distant Early Warning (DEW) line.
He was born May 15, 1936 in La Crosse to the late Robert G. Miner and Edith E. (Warner)
Miner. He graduated with a Mechanical Engineering degree from the University of Wisconsin at
Madison in 1958, and married Sara Ann Bradford in La Crosse in July 1959. He received a
masters in Engineering Management from the University of Alaska, Anchorage, Alaska in 1971.
Upon retirement he began a second career with Pikes Peak Regional Building Department as
their Mechanical Code Official, addressing Plumbing and Mechanical code issues locally, as
well as serving on, and ultimately chairing, the national committee that developed the new
International Mechanical Code. He was a registered Professional Engineer in Washington,
Alaska and Colorado and was active in several local professional groups.
Bob was a life-long sailor and hiker and was actively involved with the former Colorado Springs
Civic Theater, serving as its President for two terms. He volunteered at the local Nature
Conservancy preserve at Aiken Canyon, Citizens Project and served on several School District
11 Committees. In recent years he and Sara traveled extensively; visiting the Galapagos
Islands, England, Costa Rica, circumnavigating Great Britain, visiting Russia and the Baltic
ports. They made several trips to Germany to visit their son.
He is survived by his wife Sara Ann and four children, Robert David and his daughter Eliza of
Colorado Springs, Dr. Susan Lynn Barden and her husband Michael of Denver, Wendy Lee of
Denver, Christopher Kai and his wife Robin and daughter Caitlyn also of Denver. Bob has
requested that no formal service be scheduled, a private family celebration of his life will be
held in the future.
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