Individual Details

Robert Wilbur Lolley

(1 May 1925 - 20 Dec 2003)

Obituary of Robert Lolley

Robert W. "Bob" Lolley, 78, of Amarillo died Saturday, Dec. 20, 2003, in Claude.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday in Trinity Lutheran Church with Brian Hesse, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Llano Cemetery by Schooler Funeral Home, 4100 S. Georgia St.

Mr. Lolley was born May 1, 1925, in Manhattan, Kan., to Raymond P. and Crosie L. (Shaw) Lolley.

Upon graduation from Manhattan High School, he enlisted in the Navy during World War II and served aboard a minesweeper in the Aleutian Islands and as a hospital corpsman and neuro-psychiatric technician with the 3rd Marine Division.

Upon his discharge he moved to Kansas where he graduated from Kansas City College of Mortuary Science and later owned mortuaries in Russell, Kan., and Pratt, Kan.

On Dec. 20, 1957, he married Nadine Moore of Salina, Kan. They were married to each other for exactly 46 years. They lived in Memphis, Tenn. where he worked as a builder and interior decorator.

In 1958 they moved to Amarillo where he opened Lolley Ornamental Iron Works. His wife and son, Greg, continued to operate the business after he became superintendent of the Potter County Road and Bridge Department, where he worked until his retirement in 1998.

He was a member of the Lutheran Church, past board member of Llano Cemetery Board, an active member of the Democratic Party and a 32nd Degree Mason.

The family would like to express sincere appreciation to the staff of Hudson House and Palo Duro Nursing Home of Claude and BSA Hospice for their professionalism, dedication and loving care given to him during his illness.

He was preceded in death by his parents; and two sisters, Lois Miller and Elsie Mae Bayles.

Surivors include his wife; four sons, Robert E. Lolley and wife, Edwina, Richard R. Lolley and wife, Diana, Ronald W. Lolley and wife, Monica, and Rodger P. Lolley and wife, Lynn, all of California; three stepsons, C.W. Moore and wife, Pat, Michael Moore and wife, Lisa, and Greg Moore, all of Texas; 14 grandchildren; two great-grandsons; a sister, Patsy Blackwill of Quinter, Kan.; and many nieces, nephews and in-laws.

Amarillo Globe-News, Jan. 4, 2004

Events

Birth	1 May 1925	Manhattan, Riley, Kansas
Residence	1930	Manhattan, Riley, Kansas
Residence	1 Apr 1940	Manhattan, Riley, Kansas
Residence	1 Apr 1940	Manhattan, Riley, Kansas
Marriage	16 Jul 1944	Darlene Van Derbur
Marriage	20 Dec 1957	Nadine Nothern Moore
Residence	1993	Amarillo, Potter, Texas
Residence	1993	Amarillo, Potter, Texas
Death	20 Dec 2003	Amarillo, Potter, Texas

Families

Spouse	Darlene Van Derbur
Child	Robert Eugene Lolley
Child	Roger Paul Lolley
Child	Richard Ray Lolley
Child	Ronald Wayne Lolley

Spouse

Nadine Nothern Moore

Father	Raymond Paul Lolley (1897 - 1958)
Mother	Crosie Lorene Shaw (1900 - 1980)
Sibling	Elsie Mae Lolley (1919 - 1998)
Sibling	Lois Marie Lolley (1921 - 1973)
Sibling	Ruth Ella "Patsy" Lolley

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Robert Wilbur Lolley

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