Robert George Sigman's Obituary
Bob was born in Sheldon, IA and raised by his Aunt “No No” (her nickname). She had never had children and was a tough lady… He went into the U.S. Navy at 18, and his title was Electrician’s Mate Third Class. Later on he went through college with his GI benefits and obtained an engineering degree. He worked at AT&T in Parsippany, NJ and eventually moved to CA and worked for Boeing in El Segundo. He and his late first wife, Helene, had two children, Barry and Sharon; and a granddaughter, Kira. After retirement from Boeing, Bob and Helene owned a mobile chocolatier business and traveled around the country. It was at one of his horse show events that he first met his second wife Dottie’s son, Jason, who was keenly interested in the weights and measures used in the chocolate business and befriended him. Years later, after Helene had passed away, Bob and Dottie’s friendship blossomed and they were eventually married in 1995.
Bob had many years of heart health issues and relied on a defibrillator to keep his heart beating steadily. That device gave him 19 more years of life, during which he settled into his retirement life, working (by choice) at Wal-Mart to keep active and connected to people. He embraced his newly acquired family, including Dottie’s other children Lee and Steve, daughter-in-laws Sandy and Melissa, granddaughter Bissa, grandsons Chris and Joshua, and a large menagerie of various animals including horses, dogs and cats. Everyone fondly called him Pops…
Bob was extremely Patriotic and believed that our Constitution had been killed and buried; he was disillusioned by the current government regime and the direction in which the country is going. Integrity and honesty were his middle names – he called things the way he saw them… Bob will always be warmly remembered as a kind-hearted, gentle soul by all accounts, a very hard act to follow…
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