Robert Alan Cron

Robert "Bob" Alan Cron died at the University of Colorado Hospital on August 21, 2018 following a brief illness. Bob was born to Robert N. Cron and Marideen "Tomi" Cron in Indianapolis, Indiana on July 24, 1953. Bob met Sarah Coffey Mort at a donut shop they both frequented in Bloomington, Indiana in 1988. Sarah later took a job in Tucson, Arizona and after a long-distance courtship, Bob and Sarah married on August 31, 1996 in Waukee, Iowa. Bob worked as a telecommunications technician in Bloomington, Indiana, Cedar Falls, Iowa, Cape Girardeau, Missouri and Ramadi, Iraq. He graduated from Southeast Missouri State University. In 2014, he and his wife retired in Laramie, Wyoming, thus fulfilling his life-long dream of living in the West.

Bob enjoyed a broad range of activities including fishing, archery, competitive shooting, photography, travel, cartography, bird watching, and cooking but his greatest passion was hunting. He enjoyed studying in depth topics about which he wanted to learn more including loading ammunition, history, bourbon, politics, grilling and tree farming. The stories he was most fond of telling were about making mischief in the rock quarries, hunting with Tony, shooting in the Bianci Cup, riding on patrol, making chili for the annual chili contest, proving fat men don't bounce, helping put a former boss in federal prison, and working in Iraq as a civilian contractor. It was common for Bob to quietly help those who needed it.

Bob was preceded in death by his parents. He is survived by his wife, stepson Nathan Mort of Ozark, Missouri, sisters Penni Freeman of Edmond, Oklahoma and Cindi Berryhill of Myrtle Springs, South Carolina, former brother-in-law Don Holmes of Bloomington, Indiana, nieces Natalie Calhoun of Edmond, Oklahoma, Rachel Beyers of Phoenix, Arizona, Amanda Holmes of Williamston, South Carolina, nephews Wayne Holmes of Indianapolis, Indiana and Jacob Freeman of Terrell, Texas.

In accordance with Bob's wishes, cremation has occurred and there will be no service. Friends who remember Bob are asked to honor him by feeding the birds, telling a story, raising a glass in his memory, smoking a cigar or doing other things you know he would appreciate.

So we say goodbye to Bob Cron. He was a good man. He will be missed.