A native of Chicago, Illinois he was a Captain in the US Army Air Corps during WWII where he served as a pilot and squadron commander in the Pacific Theater.
Bob retired from the United States Gypsum Co. after37 years of service. In 2000 he received the Melvin Jones Fellow
Award for his dedicated humanitarian service to the Lions Club International Foundation.
He is survived by his wife of 70 years, Vivian; children Carol (Curtis) Ballard, Nancy Eisenbrandt, Gary
Eisenbrandt and grandchildren Matthew and Michael Fuson, Emma Leigh and Blais Eisenbrandt, and step-grandchildren Brodie Ballard and Holly Winters.
He was preceded in death by his parents Charles and Lena, sister Lillian, brothers Russell and Charles and his son-in-law Dan Fuson.
A memorial mass will be held at St. Augustine's Chapel Alexian Village, TN at 11:15 am Thursday, February 6, 2014. Internment with full military honors at Chattanooga National Cemetery will follow at 2:30 pm.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial contributions be made to the MJS Healthcare Scholarship Fund c/o Alexian Village, 437 Alexian Way, Signal Mountain, TN 37377 or Hospice
of Chattanooga.
Please share your thoughts and Memories at www.chattanooganorthchapel.com.
Arrangements are by Chattanooga Funeral Home Crematory and Florist, North Chapel, 5401 Highway 153, Hixson, Tennessee 37343.
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