Robert "Bob" Edward Jobin

March 24, 1930 – Jan 28, 2024

Long-time Colorado trust attorney and bank officer Bob Jobin passed away in his home on January 28th. He was 93.

Bob’s early life was spent in Oak Park, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit, where he grew up helping on the neighborhood farms and working in the men’s clothing store Main Street. Bob graduated from Lincoln High School early to begin his Bachelor of Science in Economics from the University of Wisconsin on a full NROTC scholarship. There he enjoyed the brotherhood of Chi Phi Fraternity, sang in the Glee Club, acted in theatrical productions and explored University Bay in his small sail boat.

After college, Bob served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean War in Korea and Japan. He was proud to train on the battleship USS Missouri – the “mighty Mo” on which Japan had ended World War II by surrendering to the Allied Forces less than a decade earlier. During most of his tour of duty, he served as legal officer on the USS Oriskany aircraft carrier, hearing more than 300 special court martials a year and overseeing special investigations of events such as plane crashes.

Following his service, Bob received his law degree from the University of Michigan. While there in 1956, he met and married the love of his life, Shirley Lee David. The two had met in the music ministry of the Lutheran Student Center where Bob sang in the choir and Shirley played the organ. Bob and Shirley shared life-long loves of music, travel and entertaining. They performed in musical theater, church choirs and community choirs throughout their life together.

Bob’s civilian life began in private law practice in Michigan, followed by public service as a bank examiner for the Comptroller of the Currency based in Denver. He then moved to the private banking world working as a trust officer at Colorado National Bank and at First National of Englewood, later BankOne. Bob built years-long caring relationships with his trust clients that extended beyond the walls of the bank to their living rooms. He saw them through their education, establishment of their families and navigation of their health issues, taking care of all their financial needs after a loved one had passed.

Bob served his community in many ways. He was a member of the Navy Reserve, training in submarine duty and standing ready to assist naval personnel as a member of the Denver Naval Reserve Law Company until he retired from the reserves in 1979 with the rank of Commander. He was active in the Sertoma service club in Englewood and Arvada – the 1985 Sertoman of the Year, he was proud to note – and enjoyed fundraising for the Red Cross. Bob also was a 36-year fixture each Sunday in the front row of Lakewood Methodist Church, where Shirley was the organist.

Following retirement from the legal profession in 1993, Bob and Shirley dedicated themselves to world travel. They boasted of setting eyes on every continent during more than a dozen cruises that took them literally around the world. They toured Europe several times over, as well as China, South America, Australia, India and greater Asia. Home, however, was always Wheat Ridge, Colorado, where they lived together for more than 50 years and raised their only child, Denise.

There, Bob was active in the Wheat Ridge Men’s Garden Club, the Arborist Board and the Wheat Ridge Recreation Center. He enjoyed playing bridge with Shirley and their friends, as well as participating in a monthly potluck group that ran for decades. Over the years, he was quick to shovel snow from neighbors’ driveways, lend a tool or help build a garden wall. His neighbors knew him as a steady friend and reliable watchdog of the daily happenings on Everett Drive.

Bob is survived by his wife of 67 years, Shirley Lee David Jobin, his daughter Denise Jobin Sealover, son-in-law Ed Sealover, and grandchildren Lincoln and Jane Sealover. He also leaves behind many nieces and nephews who loved him, as well as former neighbors who remember him fondly.