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Robert "Bob" Michael Neary, born Jan. 24, 1942, in Albany, Calif, to William Lionel Neary and Jeanette Francis DeCamp Neary, passed away on Jan. 10, 2024, in Yuma, Ariz.
Bob graduated from high school in The Dalles, Ore., in 1960, joined the Air Force, serving for more than 15 years. He spent seven years in the Orient, and while in Okinawa, his daughter Michelle was born. He managed missile sites in Montana and enjoyed trophy hunting with his brother, Bill, on weekends. He was a computer programmer, spent a year in Vietnam, and was honorably discharged in 1975. Bob went into selling real estate and remodeling homes in Great Falls, Mont.
Bob married Diane Stevens (and her two children, Tony and Cameo) in 1977. During this time, fellow realtor Don Parsons was instrumental in Bob coming to know the Lord. They purchased Paulina Lake Lodge in Central Oregon in 1978 and ran it with his brothers and mother. While there, he accepted the Lord as the captain of his life. Serving God became the top priority in his life until the end. The family of five then moved to Darby, Mont., ranching, selling real estate and there, he learned to flyfish. Daughter Bobbie was born there. They moved to the Great Falls area in 1982, where he farmed and bought and sold real estate. Diane and unborn daughter Jeanie died in a car accident in 1985.
Bob and Bobbie moved to Suttle Lake Resort in Central Oregon in the fall of 1988. Bob married Yvonne Henke of Great Falls on Dec. 28, 1988, and a couple of months later moved to Pacific City, Ore., where they ran a motel, did commercial fishing and remodeling cabins. The family then moved on to ranches at Tygh Valley, Kimberley and Spray, Ore., before moving to St. George, Utah, ranching at Antimony and commuting weekly to the ranch. During winters, they would spend time in Yuma.
They sold the ranch and bought one at Ft. Peck, Mont., then exchanged it for a ranch out of Whitehall, Mont., and sold the house in St. George in 2014. In 2017, they moved to a ranch east of Prineville, Ore., to be closer to family. In June 2021, Bob started treatment for multiple myeloma. In the fall of 2022, they moved to ranch on the Crooked River between Redmond and Prineville.
Bob loved to hunt and flyfish, hunt for arrowheads, check trail cameras to see what wildlife had been by, spend time with grandkids and tell stories of all the experiences he’d been through.
Bob is survived by his wife, Yvonne; daughters Michelle (Donovan) Barnes of Prineville, stepdaughter Cameo Stevens of Billings, Mont., Bobbie (Craig) Bolton of Terrebonne, Ore.; stepson Troy (Colleen) Stevens and three sons of Walnut Creek, Calif.; brothers Bill (Carol) of Dufur, Ore., Mike (Patti) of The Dalles, Ore., and John (Linda) of Dufur; grandsons Scott Wilson of Sitka, Alaska, Tanner Wilson of Spokane, Wash., Beau Bolton and granddaughter Brooklyn Forsyth, both of Terrebonne; great-granddaughter Winter Wilson (Florida); mother-in-law Leona Henke of Shelby, Mont.; brothers-in-law Kevin (Charlene) Henke of Dupuyer, Mont., Miles Henke, Curtis (Linda) Henke, and Tom Henke, all of Shelby; and sister-in-law Arlene Henke.
A memorial for family is being held at Pacific City on July 13.
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