Robert T. 'Bob' Gruner, 89

Robert T. “Bob” Gruner, 89, passed away in Hayden, Idaho, on Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2016.

Calling hours will be on Thursday, Jan. 19, with Lorraine receiving friends from 1-2 p.m., at Coffelt Funeral Service. Burial will be in Pinecrest Memorial Park.

Memorial services will be conducted on Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017, at 3 p.m. in the Hayden Bible Fellowship in Hayden, Idaho.

Bob was born in Chicago, Ill., on Dec. 10, 1927, attending schools there and graduating from high school in 1946. He served with the U.S. Army Air Corps from 1946 until 1949. He earned his bachelor’s degree from the Univer-sity of Illinois and a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Southern California. On June 30 1953, he married Lorraine Putman in Brocton, N.Y.

He worked for Douglas Aircraft and the Aero Space Company in Southern California. He moved to Idaho and received his teaching degree from the University of Idaho, later teaching at Sandpoint High School and a high school in Portland, Ore. He would also go on the mission field to the Ivory Coast in West Africa, teaching math and physics.

He would teach at the Portland Christian Academy and establish, and operate, the Sandpoint Christian Academy from 1977 until 1984. He, and Lorraine, would start Crest Home Health in Sandpoint and manage it until retirement in 1998. He moved to Hayden in 2005.

He was a member of the Hayden Bible Fellowship in Hayden and former member of the JayCees.

Bob is survived by his wife, of 53 years, Lorraine Gruner in Post Falls, Idaho; his son Mark (and Wendy) Gruner of Sandpoint, Idaho; five grandchildren, Ian, Eric, Patina Coote, Owen and Alec; and nine great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Otto and Hazel; two daughters, Peggy and Kathryn; brothers John and Donald, and his sister Lorraine Gerber.

Family and friends are invited to sign the online guestbook at www.coffeltfuneral.com.

Funeral arrangements are entrusted to Coffelt Funeral Service.