Robert "Bob" Brooks Klein

Bob was born on Oct. 25, 1919 in Seattle, WA to Ralph Fowler and Ethel Longfellow-Fowler (descendent of West Seattle pioneers John E. and Lulu Longfellow). Ethel remarried when Bob was still young to Henry Wm. Klein to form a blended family with 5 children. He was raised in Seattle and graduated from Roosevelt HS and U of W with a focus in Mechanical Engineering. After receiving his coveted pilot's license, Bob was employed with Boeing a year prior to serving in WWII as a pilot of B-17 Flying Fortresses in the US Army Air Corps. After faithfully serving our country, he returned to Boeing in 1945 as a Test Engineer and Liaison until his retirement in 1984. Bob joins his wife of 52 years, Rae J. (Helland) Klein; sister, Dorothy; brothers, Chuck and Bill. He leaves behind his wife of 12 years, Shirley Rigg-Klein; 4 children, Robin Gaye, Stephen, Christy, and Debra; 4 step-children; 15 grandchildren; 6 great grandchildren; brother, Don; many nieces, nephews, extended family and friends. A Memorial was held at Acacia Funeral Home in Seattle, WA on Friday, Jan. 17, 2014 at 2:30PM with Military Honors and a reception following. The full obituary, driving directions, and online guestbook seen at www.acaciafuneralhome.com Bob will be deeply missed and will forever live on in the many hearts he touched. ~Published in the Seattle Times on Sunday, January 12, 2014

IN OUR HEARTS ~By Rose de Leon

We thought of you with love today, But that is nothing new. We thought about you yesterday. And days before that too. We think of you in silence. We often speak your name. Now all we have is memories. And your picture in a frame. Your memory is our keepsake. With which we’ll never part. God has you in his keeping. We have you in our heart.