Robert "Bob" Eugene Sorenson

SUMTER Memorial service for Robert “Bob” Eugene Sorenson, 68, will be held at 11:00 a.m. Thursday, May 7, 2015, at Dunbar Funeral Home, Dutch Fork Chapel. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. Mr. Sorenson died Monday, May 4, 2015. Born in Sumter, he was a son of Martha Jane Stephens Sorenson and the late Norman Adolfe Sorenson. A graduate of Edmunds High School, he attended Clemson University. He worked for the Sumter Daily Item and Papa John’s Pizza and was of the Methodist faith. His hobbies included golf and bowling and he loved Clemson football and his dog, “Ratt”. He had a lifelong passion for good food. Surviving are his daughter, April Bolivar (Patrick) of Lexington; son, Eric Sorenson (Kyndall) of Columbia; grandchildren, Adrian Michael Sorenson, Chloe Lynne Bolivar; brother, Tommy Sorenson (Palmela) of Sumter; his mother of Sumter; and ex-wife, Marilyn Grover of Gilbert; and many nieces, nephews and cousins. In addition to his father, he was predeceased by a brother, Richard Sorenson. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to SPCA Humane Society, 121 Humane Lane, Columbia, SC 29209 or Concerned Citizens for Animals, 3627 Fork Shoals Road, Simpsonville, SC 29680.