Obituary: Robert Dean “Bob” Brubaker

Robert Dean “Bob” Brubaker, 88, died at HopeWest hospice in Grand Junction, Colo., on Saturday, Jan. 11, 2014.
Born Nov. 30, 1925, in Sawyer, Kan., to Silas and Bertha Carlisle Brubaker, he attended Sawyer High School, Pratt Junior College and was a veteran of the Army Air Corp. during World War II. He married Maryellen Closson on July 20, 1947.
In 1950, Bob and Maryellen moved to Meeker, Colo.; to Cortez in January 1970; and…