ing at Fort Lee, Virginia Quartermaster. He served 17 months at Kamp Klasheim in Salzburg, Austria. While serving there he was promoted to the rank of Corpal. He toured Germany, Italy, and Austria and cities such as Munich, Rome, Florence, Innsbruck. In February 1954 he returned home with his honorable discharge. He worked for Young Love Construction out of Sioux City building concrete elevators in Woolstock, Ellsworth and Boone for eight months. During this time he met June Hansen, who became his wife on October 24, 1954. Bob worked for Naden Industries for 7 ½ years. In 1962 he went to work at Community Coop Elevator (now United Coop) where he worked for 40 years, retiring in November 2001. Bob and June were avid campers for many years. They enjoyed going to Bluegrass Music Festivals where they made lots of friends. They also loved to travel to places like Hawaii, Spain, Brazil and many of the other 48 states. He was preceded in death by his wife, June; his parents, Calvin and Clara; sisters, Evelyn Noffke, Velma Hanson; brother, Kendall (Bud) Schwiebert and nephew, Robert Goretska, Jr. Bob was a lifelong member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church.
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