Bob Lewis Wilson was born in Roosevelt, Oklahoma October 30, 1926 to Irvin and Cora Wilson. He grew up the son of a tenant farmer during the depression where he worked in the fields and tended livestock through his childhood. Bob graduated high school in 1944 and was drafted into the U.S. Army where he served two years during world war ll. After an honorable discharge from the Army, he moved to Modesto, California and went to work for a Milk Producers Association and Knudsen Corporation as a plant Supervisor and lab technician for 39 years. He met in the summer of 1948 his beloved wife Lila and was married for over 65 years. He built his own home where he and his family resided for over 63 years. He was a loving father to his children Roger Wilson and Kay Sarnoff-Wilson. He is survived by his two grandchildren Phillip Wilson, Jessica Sarnoff-Wilson and his sister Corine Roome.