Interment: will be at a later time at Pine Haven Cemetery in Pine Haven, WY
Bob Booth died on Tuesday, April 26, 2005 at Campbell County Memorial Hospital in Gillette, Wyoming of natural causes.
David Robert Booth was born on March 19, 1936 to James F. and Ella V. (Morton) Booth in Fort Collins, Colorado. As a young man Bob moved to Modesto, California. After his graduation from high school in 1952, he moved to Colorado and began working in construction as a heavy equipment operator. Eventually he became an electrician and worked for a time building Stapleton Airport in Denver. During that time he met and married Doris Stanley and they had 5 sons. He and Doris later divoriced. Bob moved to various places through out Wyoming while working as an electrician. There he met and married Barbara AnnBerman on October 20, 1979 in Keystone, South Dakota. . In 1980, they moved to Gillette and then to Pine Haven in 1988. In 1982 he became employed by Pernalto Oil Company where he worked as an electrician until his retirement in 1992. During this time he invented a magnetic relay for use in the oilfields for which he received a patent. Bob was an accomplished musician. He loved his guitar but could play any instrument. He played in the Grand Ole Opry with various known artists under the stage name of Bobby Upsyde. He loved entertaining, and would play music for one or many. He continued to enjoy playing his music until a year ago when he was forced to stop due to the decline in his health. Bob loved playing music, golfing and fishing. He was also an avid hat collector with a sizable collection. He cherished the time he spent with his family and greatly enjoyed planning ways in which to get them all together. Bob loved people in general, had a smile for everyone and never met a stranger. He could connect with anyone. He was a past governor of the Moose Lodge and a past president of the Eagles Lodge. He held a membership in both organizations for twenty-seven years.
Bob is survived by his wife Barb of Pine Haven; four sons: David R.Booth Jrand his wife Laura of Sterling, Colorado; Phillip Booth of Upton, Wyoming and Mark Booth of San Diego, California, James Booth and his wife LuAnn of Lakewood, Colorado; three daughters: Cyndee Lueck and her husband Lonnie of Gillette, Wyoming; Patsy Cornelius and her husband Jim of Forsyth, Montana; Kathy Berman and Dave Evans of Newcastle, Wyoming; one brother: Maurice Bud Booth and his wife Arlene of San Diego, California; fifteen grandchildren and nine great grandchildren as well as numerous nieces and nephews and several aunts and uncles.He was preceded in death by his parents, two sons: Michael and Sam; two brothers: Gail and Jim and two sisters: Myrna and Marcile Marky.
A memorial has been established in Bobs name to be designated by the family at a later date.Memorials and condolences can be sent in care of the Stevenson Wilson Funeral at 210 W. 5th St., Gillette, WY 82716 or via our website atwww.stevensonandsons.com
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