The son of John H. and Ruth (Mudd) Van Leeuwen, was born on a farm near Saint Paul, Kansas on May 28, 1927. He was preceded in death by his Mother and Father, his wife Dolores Ann, brothers Jack, Hubert, Donald and Leroy, and his sisters Rosella Marnell, Vera Karleskint, Mary Jean Seidl, Delia Seiwert, infant Cecilia and one son Ronald Edward. He is survived by his two daughters Patricia (Donald) Ward and Cheryl (Paul) Robinson, three sons Robert Joseph (Camela), Gary Francis and Randall John, nine grandchildren Kelli Jo (Brian) Wynne, Andrew (Melanie) Van Leeuwen, Trevor (Natalie) and Haley Van Leeuwen, Jacob and Lucas Van Leeuwen, Johnathan and Julia Ward (twins), Mia Robinson, and two great grandchildren Jaxson and Lilyanna. He is also survived by one brother, Jerry of Saint Paul, Kansas.
He lived on the farm near Saint Paul, Kansas and managed it from 1944 until 1950 when he joined the United States Air Force and served for four years. He served in the Korean War in 1952 and after leaving the service he moved to Dayton, Ohio where he married Dolores Ann Pleiman. He worked at Gentile Air Force Depot from 1955 until 1962 when he was transferred to Wright Patterson Air Force Base. While there he had numerous assignments and traveled to many Air Force Bases and repeatedly to the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. In 1980 he was appointed to be the Project Manager to procure and install a Top Secret Computer System known as the World Wide Military Command and Control System (WWMCCS) for the Wright Patterson Air Force Base and the five Air Force Depots. The project, a precursor to the internet, was completed in 1984 and he retired shortly thereafter. He later worked twelve additional years for Air Force contractors in the Dayton area. Bob was a graduate of the University of Dayton and ushered UD basketball games for many years. Go Flyers! Bob was a member of the Knights of Columbus since 1945 and a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Our family would like to thank the staff of the Carlyle House and Hospice of the Miami Valley for the loving care they provided Bob.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:30 A.M. on Friday, November 9, 2018 at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, 2300 S. Smithville Rd. with Father Satish Joseph presiding. Entombment will follow at Calvary Cemetery. A visitation will be held on Thursday, November 8 from 5:00 until 8:00 P.M. at Tobias Funeral Home - Belmont, 648 Watervliet Ave., Dayton, 45420 and on Friday from 10:30 until 11:30 at the church. Condolences may be expressed to the family at Tobiasfuneralhome.com
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