Robert "Bob" McAllister

Robert “Bob” Atkin McAllister, 72, died on Nov. 20, 2014, in Coeur D’Alene, Idaho.

Bob was born on July 18, 1942 in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Vivian Atkin and Grace (Chatwin) McAllister.  Bob’s father passed, so Bob's mother raised him and his five older sisters on her own.

Bob was a mischievous teenager.  He was mentored by a dear family friend, Robert Hinnenkamp, and enlisted in the U.S. Navy after graduating high school in 1960.

Bob attended training in many states.  He worked many years at the Groton Submarine Base in Connecticut, married his first wife and moved to Virginia for Guided Missile School before returning to CT with his family in 1973.  After many years “out to sea”, Bob retired from the Navy as a Lieutenant in 1981, and began a new career at Analysis & Technologies in North Stonington, CT.  He moved to WA in his later years to be closer to his sisters.

His hobbies including drawing and woodworking in his younger years where he was known by his sons for the elaborate drawings of automobiles, and by many he worked with or knew by how he carved names out of blocks of wood.  He would show off his softer side by creating his own greeting cards and including quotes and personal photographs.

Bob is pre-deceased by his parents and sister Mary (married to Jesse Hall), and survived by four sisters, Vivian McAllister of Shelton, WA, Jane (and Edward) Heider of Wooster, OH, Grace (and Del) Casper of Spokane, WA, Kathryn (and her late husband Darrell) Jones of Spokane, WA.  Bob also his three children in CT:  sons Robert (and Naomi) McAllister;  Steven (and Lisa) McAllister; daughter Dawn (and Toby) Wawrzynowicz.  Bob was blessed with three amazing grandchildren; Ella and Samantha Wawrzynowicz and John McAllister.

A ceremony with full military honors will be held at the Washington State Veterans Cemetery, 21702 W. Espanola Road, Medical Lake, WA on Friday, October 16, 2015 at 3:00 p.m.  Family and friends are asked to join the celebration.