Waynedale Obituaries

ROBERT B. “BOB” WILSON, 61

ROBERT B. “BOB” WILSON, 61, of Fort Wayne, passed away Wednesday, May 31, 2006, after a hard fight with pancreatic cancer at Hospice Home, Fort Wayne. Born February 8, 1945, in El Paso, Texas, he retired from Custom Tube Corporation, as a machinist and welder, in 1997. He was a member of Waynedale United Methodist Church.

He loved fishing, Nascar and enjoyed working in the yard.

Surviving are his wife, Elizabeth A. Wilson of Fort Wayne; sons, Ronald R. (Jenny) Wilson of Fort Wayne, David E. Fivecoate Jr. of Corunna, Mark A. (Toni) Fivecoate of Ladsen, S.C. and Stephen G. (Tammy) Fivecoate of Fort Wayne; daughters, Robyn T. Graham of Fort Wayne and Sherri A. (Grant) Passwater of LaOtto; brother, Richard T. Wilson III of El Paso, Texas; and 12 grandchildren.

Funeral was Monday at Waynedale United Methodist Church, 2501 Church St., Fort Wayne. Visitation was also Sunday at Elzey Patterson Rodak Home For Funerals, 6810 Old Trail Road, Fort Wayne. Burial in Prairie Grove Cemetery, Fort Wayne.

Memorials to Pancreatic Cancer Research or Hospice Home.

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