Robert (Bob) Short

Robert (Bob) Howard Short, 86, passed away Thursday afternoon, April 4th, 2013 at the Dunaway Manor, Guymon, Oklahoma.

He was born August 30, 1926 in Topeka, Kansas to Mr. & Mrs. Gale P. Short. He moved to Shawnee, Oklahoma as a child. He was married to Pattie Florence Barker on October 12, 1952. He and Pattie lived in Lawton, Oklahoma where they raised their two sons, Larry Bob and Charles Lewis Short. His wife, Pattie passed away February 17, 1978 and Bob later remarried Darlene Sue Combs in the early 1980s. Darlene passed away in 2003.

Bob worked for many years at the Oklahoma League of the Blind. While there he was awarded the "1990 Worker of the Year". He also worked at concession stands at the Lawton, Oklahoma Court House and at the Jim Thorpe Building, Oklahoma State Capital Complex. He was also a bell ringer for the Salvation Army. Bob was blind, but he never seemed to use it as a handicap. He did not let it slow him down.

Bob's hobbies included reading Braille books, listening to books on tape, crafting leather goods, cracking jokes with his friends and family.

He was preceded in death by his parents, both wives and his son, Charlie Short.

Survivors include his son, Larry Short and wife, Miranda of Dodge City, Kansas; brother, Donald Short and wife, Shawnee, Oklahoma; twelve grandchildren and twenty-one great grandchildren.

Memorial services will be Saturday afternoon, April 13th, 2:00 P.M. at the First Christian Church, 711 Fifth Avenue, Dodge City, Kansas with Rev. Phil Scott, Pastor, officiating.

Burial of cremains will be in Elmhurst Cemetery, Guymon, Oklahoma.