C. Robert “Bob” Lower, 93, of Kokomo, Indiana, died at 6:12 p.m. Wednesday, September 6, 2017 at St. Vincent’s Hospital in Kokomo. He was born December 21, 1923 in Wabash, Indiana to Carl H. and Rosa M. (Moore) Lower.
Bob was a 1943 graduate of Wabash High School, and served in the Naval Armed Guard in the US Navy during WWII. He married Barbara Ann Jones at the Wabash Christian Church on May 5, 1946. Bob was a mail carrier for the Wabash Post Office 37 years, retiring in 1980, and also worked for Wabash Electric, 8 years, retiring in 1989. He and his wife spent the winters in Nalcrest, Florida since 1989, and lived in Kokomo since 1994, coming from Wabash, where they lived many years. He was a member of the Wabash Christian Church since 1946. Bob was also a member of the Kokomo American Legion Post 6, the Shuffle Board Club at Nalcrest, and the National Association of Letter Carriers Branch 1 in Nalcrest and Wabash Branch, and the AARP. He enjoyed art, painting, and playing golf.
He is survived by his wife of 71 years, Barbara Ann Lower of Kokomo, two children, Terry J. Lower of Kokomo, and Kathleen (Mike) Garner of Brownsburg, Indiana, granddaughter, Cindee Cox and three great-grandchildren, Catherine Cox, Chloe Cox, and Reagan Cox all of Muncie. He was preceded in death by his parents, brother, James R. Lower and four sisters, Frances Doyle, Esther Bennett, Doris Cook and Jacqueline Pownall.
Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m., Saturday, September 9, 2017 at Grandstaff-Hentgen Funeral Service, 1241 Manchester Avenue, Wabash with Rev. Haley Asberry officiating. Burial will be in Falls Cemetery, Wabash. Friends may call 9:30-11:00, Saturday at the funeral home.