Robert “Bob” Word

Robert “Bob” Word, age 75, Kadoka, S.D., died Saturday, July 18, 2015, at his home in Kadoka.

  Robert Charles “Bob” Word, was born May 9, 1940, in Shattuck, Okla., the youngest of three sons born to Grady and Vera (Campbell) Word. 

He lived in Oklahoma until the the age of six, when he moved with his parents to Kadoka, where he received his education, graduating from Kadoka High School in 1958. After high school, he decided to forgo his scholarship to Colorado A&M, and decided to enter the U.S. Navy.

He served from July 24, 1958, until his honorable discharge on July 17, 1962. After his discharge, he attended South Dakota State University and later Black Hills State College. He then moved to Minneapolis where he worked at a bank. During that time, he met the love of his life, Marlene “Micki” Wald. Bob and Micki were united in marriage on November 8, 1969, in Deadwood. They made their home on his parents’ ranch seven miles south of Kadoka on the White River. During their time on the ranch they raised their three children, along with running the ranch.

In 1994, they moved into town, where Bob enjoyed going to coffee bright and early in the morning. Bob enjoyed crossword puzzles, reading, and playing cribbage. In his younger years he played golf in his spare time.

Survivors include his wife, Micki, Kadoka; one son, James Word and his fiancée, Amy Weldon, Fallon, Nev.; two daughters, Jennifer Dennis and her husband, Kirk, Piedmont, and Jodi Cox and her husband, Norm, Casper, Wyo.; eight grandchildren, Kale and Sawyer Dennis, Ethan, Avery and Isaiah Cox, and Skyler, Tyler and Emerson Word; two sisters-in-law, Phyllis Word, Kadoka, and Norma Word, Rapid City; and a host of other relatives and friends.

Bob was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers, Don and Zack Word; and two nephews, Don Clay and Grady Word.

Memorial services were held. Thursday, July 23, at the Presbyterian Church in Kadoka, with Pastor Gary McCubbin officiating.

Interment with military honors was Thursday, at the Black Hills National Cemetery.

  Arrangements were with the Rush Funeral Chapel of Kadoka.

  His online guestbook is available at www.rushfuneralhome. com