6 Wednesday, August 14, 2019 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon Obituaries Robert J. Walter William Edward Turner March 28, 1935 — August 3, 2019 February 15, 1944 — May 29, 2019 Beloved father, husband and grandfather, Bob Walter ended his long journey on the morning of August 3 at his home in Sisters. Born in Trenton, New Jersey to Benjamin C. Walter and Irene G. Hindley, Bob enjoyed his youth playing sports, working as a camp counselor and cheering for his favorite baseball team, the Boston Red Sox. He studied forestry at Paul Smith9s College in the Adirondacks of New York for two years before com- pleting his bachelor of sci- ence at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Upon his graduation in June 1957, Bob began his career with the Bureau of Land Management in Oregon. He returned briefly to Michigan to marry Barbara Ann Struble that same year. He was drafted in February of 1958 and served two years in the U.S. Army at Fort Lawton in Seattle. Bob and Barb spent the fol- lowing seven years through- out the West, with stops in Salem and Cedar City, Utah, until they settled down in Eugene to raise their family. While living in Eugene, Bob and Barb became passionate Oregon Ducks fans and sat in the same seats at Autzen Stadium for 30 years. Starting in 1965, many family weekends were spent enjoying Central Oregon while camping at the Metolius River 4 where Bob would spend the day fly-fishing at his favorite riffle just upriver from the Allingham Bridge 4 or at Three Creek Lake. After 21 years in Eugene, Bob retired to Sisters in 1991. He designed and built a home in Tollgate with the help of his sons. For several years, he built houses in the community with Habitat for Humanity before he joined Kiwanis and ran the Sisters Food Bank. In retirement, he discovered a love of golf, prompting him to take a job as a marshal at Eagle Crest Resort Golf Course for 17 years, where he took fre- quent advantage of his free golf privileges. Bob was passionate about many things throughout his life. He was an avid runner, bicyclist, cribbage player and golfer. He enjoyed trav- eling the world with his wife, and made memorable trips throughout Europe and to the East Coast to visit fam- ily and make a pilgrimage to Fenway Park. He knew many professional suc- cesses, overseeing an entire region for the B.L.M., and William Edward Turner, 75, of Sisters, Oregon passed away May 29, 2019.