Robert E. “Bob” Stansbury, 83, of Sauk Centre, passed away Nov. 21, 2024, at Cura of Sauk Centre Care Center in Sauk Centre.
A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, Dec. 2, at First Lutheran Church in Sauk Centre with the Rev. Michael Carlson officiating. Military Honors will be by the Sauk Centre United Veterans Honor Guard. Inurnment will be in Grove Lake Cemetery near Padua. Visitation will be 10-11 a.m. Dec. 2 at the church.
Robert Eugene Stansbury was born March 24, 1941, in Las Vegas, Nevada, to Ernest and Eveline (Dieu) Stansbury. Bob served as a supply clerk in the U.S. Army in Alaska and Japan and was honorably discharged in 1965. On March 28, 1981, he married the absolute love of his life, Jeanette Barchenger, at a Lutheran Church in Corona, California. The couple lived in California until Jeanette’s mother passed away and then moved to Sauk Centre. While out west, Bob worked in sales at a medical equipment company and at an aerospace engineering company.
He was a member of the American Legion Post 67 in Sauk Centre.
Bob enjoyed adding to his Union Pacific Railroad collection (where his father worked), selling old cameras and film on E-bay, bowling and taking an occasional trip to the casino.
Survivors include his children, Cheryl Stansbury of St. Cloud, Julene (Greg) Cole of Phoenix, Arizona, and Daniel (Coshanna) Mahn of Tulsa, Oklahoma; 10 grandchildren Eddy, Jacob, Alex, Amy, Sarah, Justine, Justin, McKenzie, Ella and Lilly; and brother-in-law David (Sandi) Barchenger of Forest Lake.
Bob was preceded in death by his wife, Jeanette Stansbury, June 27, 2022; parents; and granddaughter Ashley Stansbury.
Arrangements were made with Patton-Schad Funeral & Cremation Services of Sauk Centre.
