Robert Perkins

Visitation: will be held Wednesday, at Stevenson & Sons Funeral Home in Miles City. Family will receive friends on Wednesday, October 20, 2004 from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at Stevenson & Sons Funeral Home with a Masonic Service at 6:00 p.m.

Funeral services: be held on Thursday, October 21, 2004 at 11:00 a.m. at Stevenson & Sons Funeral Home in Miles City.

Interment: will follow in the Eastern Montana State Veterans Cemetery with full military honors.

Robert Perkins, age 82, of Miles City entered into eternal rest on Monday, October 18, 2004 at the Holy Rosary Extended Care in Miles City to be with his Lord Jesus Christ.

Bob was born in Miles City, Montana on November 1, 1921 the son of W.G. Newt and Mary Louise (Boston) Perkins. He was raised and attended schools in Miles City graduating from Custer County High School in 1939. While still in high school he began clerking at the Milligan Hotel. In June of 1943, Bob enlisted in the U.S. Navy serving during WW II. After his discharge from the Navy he returned to Miles City where on January 28, 1946 he married Dorothy Valach. Bob worked for various jewelry stores in the area, and in 1960 he opened Bob Perkins Jewelry which he owned and operated until 2000. Bob was an active member of the Masonic Lodge, serving as past Master of Yellowstone Lodge #26 and as past Grand Master of Masons of Montana. He was also past patron of the Eastern Star, past Commander of the V.F.W., past President of the Red Cross of Constance, past President of the Montana Retail Jewelers Association, as well as a member of the Al Bedoo Shriners, Range Riders, Sage Riders, the Destroyer Escort Sailors Association (D.E.S.A.) and the First Baptist Church.

Bob enjoyed hunting and fishing, traveling to the D.E.S.A. conventions around the country, and was well known for his watch and clock repair work.

Robert is survived by a son, Clint Perkins of Glendive, MT; a daughter, Joslyn Sindelar and husband Michael of Missoula, MT; four grandchildren: Avery, Damon, and Mallory Sindelar and Lily Perkins, a brother, Ray and his wife Joanne Perkins of Miles City, MT, a sister-in-law, Mildred Valach, four nieces; Nancy Pierce-Rogowski, Arlis Bidwell, Janet Perkins Markle, and Barbara Mrachek, two nephews, Bill Perkins and Dale Valach, a brother-in-law, Bob Lamb, special in-laws, George and Betty Sindelar and a special friend, Jeanine Price.

He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife Dorothy in 2002, a sister Jean M Krieger, two sisters-in-law; Lillie and her husband Stan Mrachek and Emily and her husband Alois Broz, and a brother-in-law, John Valach.

Should friends desire, memorials may be made to Holy Rosary Hospice, 2600 Wilson, Miles City, MT 59301, the Shriners Childrens Hospital, or to the charity of one's choice.