Robert (Bob) E. Carnes

Robert Earl Carnes, one of twelve children of Caroline "Carrie" M. Buck and Kelly Ray Carnes, was born at his parent's home near Tabor, Iowa on March 23, 1924. Bob grew up in the Tabor area and graduated from Tabor High School in 1942. Following high school, Bob farmed with his father using horse drawn machinery, and began purchasing his first farm. In March of 1945, Bob entered the U.S. Army and operated military vehicles and was a weather observer. He was assigned duties in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater with the 168th Ordnance Depot Company until his discharge in December of 1946. Bob returned to his farm near Tabor where he farmed by day and worked the night shift as the scale operator at Roth Packing in Glenwood, IA. Bob and Maxine Elaine Rainey were united in marriage on November 17, 1950. They made their first home on Bob's forty-acre farm south of Glenwood. Their marriage was blessed with three children, Mike, Pam, and Diane. Bob and Maxine purchased two additional farms and after the packing plant closed, Bob supplemented his own farm income by farming for James Summers near Pacific Junction, IA where the family lived. Later Bob worked for Vinton Fertil...[more]

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r at Pacific Junction while continuing to operate his own farms. Bob always had a strong love for working and farming. In 1998, Bob retired and a year later, he and Maxine moved to their present home in Glenwood. Bob's past and present memberships included the Glenwood American Legion, the Glenwood V.F.W., and the Plattsmouth Eagles. Bob was diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease and eventually moved to the Manor of Malvern Care Center in July of 2002. Bob and Maxine had been married almost 52 years when Bob died at the Care Center on October 20, 2002. He had attained the age of 78 years, 6 months, and 27 days. Bob was preceded in death by his parents; brothers Louis Carnes and wife Della, and Dennis Carnes; sisters Edna Severn and husband Clarence, Bessie Severn and husband Lester, Francis Keeton and husband Lloyd, Ruth Ann Chaney and husband Roy; brother-in-law Carl Edie; sister-in-law Elaine Carnes; and grandson Jon Michael Carnes who died October 23, 1978. Bob is survived by his wife Maxine; son Mike and his wife Debra; daughters Pam Madison and her husband Brick all of Glenwood, and Diane Beattie and her husband Steve of Malvern, IA; grandchildren Natalie Jones and husband Aaron of Omaha, NE, Nic Carnes, Clint Madison, and Corey Madison all of Glenwood; great granddaughter Olivia Jones; sister Dorothy Edie of Stanton, IA; brothers Dick Carnes and his wife Nellie of Mountain Grove, MO, Walter Carnes and his wife Donna of Denison, TX, Hank Carnes and his wife Audrey of Plano, TX, and Kenneth Carnes of Tabor; nieces and nephews; other relatives and friends.