Robert Wondra

Robert “Bob” Wondra, the son of Alvin and Pauline (Walker) Wondra, was born June 13, 1941, in Beatrice, Nebraska. When Bob was 2 years old, his family moved to Baltimore, Maryland where they lived until 1947 when they moved to Council Bluffs, Iowa. They resided in Iowa until Bob’s senior year when they returned to Baltimore where he graduated from high school in 1959.



Bob joined the United States Air Force and served his country from 1959 – 1963. He was united in marriage to Marcia Sanders on September 2, 1965 in Omaha, Nebraska. Bob was employed at Campbell Soup as an electrical worker; he then worked for a short while at a TV repair shop. For the next 23 years, Bob worked as a Supervisor of Maintenance at Control Data.



In 1991, Bob and Marcia moved to Ortonville where Bob continued to work in maintenance for the C-Store, and in 1995, moving into the agronomy department.



Bob enjoyed fishing, bowling with his wife, camping, riding motorcycle. He had a love for music and most of all his family. He was a neat freak about everything, especially his cars. He had a talent for writing poems, mostly humorous poems, given to his wife or family. He loved having fun around the campfire playing his ukulele and singing. Bob enjoyed life and had many friends who he cared for and who cared about him.



Bob belonged to the Eagles while living in Iowa and was a Moose Lodge member in Ortonville.



Bob passed away March 16, 2009 at the Ortonville Area Health Services in Ortonville, MN, having lived to reach the age of 67 years.



He is survived by his daughters, Marlise (Rob) Gronholz of Ortonville, MN, Monica Root of Kansas City, MO; 6 grandchildren, Amanda Root, Molli Wilson, Melissa Jolliff, Abby Jolliff, Michael Jolliff, Savanna Hobbs, Hillori Gronholz, Rhaelee Gronholz; 4 great-grandchildren; mother, Pauline Bomer of Arkansas; brother, Kenneth (Carolyn) Wondra of Bella Vista, Arkansas; and sister Linda Buckheit.



He is preceded in death by his father, Alvin; and wife, Marcia.