He is preceded in death by his first wife, Sharon Russell Bierbaum; grandson, Michael Gousha; sister, Delores Bishop; and parents, Charles Bierbaum & Mable Cloyd.
Robert was a 32nd degree Master Mason at the Highland Park Lodge #865. He was also a Kentucky Colonel. He worked for the grain inspection in Louisville, Ford Auto Plant, Phillip Morris, and Johnson & Johnson. He loved to be around flowers and did so at Brinley’s Greenhouse and Preston Greenhouse for many years. Robert never knew a stranger and would talk to everyone that he met. Some knew him as Robert, Bob, or Bobby. Everyone that knew him has a story about him and he had a story about everything.
He is survived by his wife of 40 years, Martha Ann Bierbaum; five daughters, Angela Armstrong (Malcolm), Missy Gousha, Tiffany Bierbaum, Hope Gilb (Tim), & Shawna Hensley (James); eight grandchildren, Madeline Vest (Alex), Austin Armstrong, Tyler Newton, Joseph Arnold, Bo Gilb, Levi Gilb, Ashley Hensley, Dalton Hensley; 10 great-grandchildren; and sister, Susan Hocquard.
Visitation Sunday, March 31, 2019 12-8pm at Arch L. Heady & Son Funeral Home, 8519 Preston Hwy. Funeral Monday, April 1, 2019 12noon in the Arch L. Heady Chapel with burial to follow at Evergreen Cemetery.
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