Robert "Bob" Archer

Rosary and visitation will be at 6:30 pm, Tuesday, May 8, at Olinger Moore Howard Chapel - 4345 W. 46th Avenue, Denver, CO.

A funeral mass will be held at 10:30 am, May 9, 2018, at St. Peter and Paul Catholic Church 3900 Pierce Street, Wheat Ridge, CO: Rev. J. Darrell Schafer officiant.

Robert was born in Grand Island, Nebraska on September 6, 1938, to Lawrence and Teresa Archer. He moved to Denver with his parents when he was a year old and graduated from Holy Family High School. Bob married Nelva Gilbert on September 21, 1957. He retired from Allstate Insurance Company in 1993 after 30 years as an agent. He proudly served in the United States Marine Corp. Bob loved camping with his family and listening to his wife, kids, and grandkids make music. His friends remember him as quick to laugh, a strong competitor, and a man of strength, integrity, and faith.

He was preceded in death by his father and mother.

He is survived by his spouse, Nelva; his children : Lynn Reynolds (Mark), Susan Krieger, Laura Thaler (Dan), Janette O’Brien (Jerry), David Archer (Lynn), Kathy Evenson (Grant); his brothers and sisters Vince Archer (Dorothy), Jerry Archer (Rachel), Charlene Ludlow (John (D.)), Larry Archer (Cherie), Jim Archer (Margie), Jeanne Almeida (Jim); 15 grandchildren and 1 great-grandchild.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be given to Food for Thought Denver, www.foodforthoughtdenver.org, an area non-profit that strives to eliminate weekend hunger for children in the Denver area by providing food PowerSacks, so that no child should go hungry. P.O. Box 11813 Denver, CO 80211.