June 2, 1930 – March 23, 2024
Robert (Bob) Wooddy Hewett passed away peacefully on March 23, 2024. Bob was born to
Bertha Viola and Amos Wooddy Hewett on June 2, 1930 in Kansas City, MO. He grew up in
Boulder, CO, graduated in the 1948 class of Boulder High School and attended the
University of Colorado. He served in the army for 5 years during the Korean War in the field
artillery unit at Fort Bliss, El Paso, TX. During his service, he witnessed two atomic bomb
detonations in NV. He met Jean Hubbard on a blind date in El Paso and they married 5
months later on October 10, 1953. Bob was honorably discharged from the army in 1955
and returned to Boulder with Jean where he managed Baseline Service.
Their daughter JoAnne was born in 1960 and became the joy of their life.
The family moved to Phoenix, AZ in 1962, St Louis, MO in 1967, and Bettendorf,
IA in 1974 where Bob was President of Material Handling Inc. until he retired in 1990.
Bob and Jean retired to Seneca, SC in 1991, later moving to Broomfield, CO in 2006
and Foster City, CA in 2017. He moved one last time, accompanying his daughter JoAnne
to Setauket, NY in 2023. Bob made friends with everyone he met and had a heart of gold.
He enjoyed playing golf, serving his community, and being with people. Bob is preceded
in death by his wife of 64 years, Jean Hewett. He is survived by his daughter JoAnne Hewett
(John Pease) and Jean’s identical twin sister Joan Mulcahy.
Services will be held in Boulder, CO on June 3, 2024
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