Robert Sinclair

Robert L. Sinclair, 83, of Des Moines died on Sunday October 21, 2007 at the Fleur Heights Care Center in Des Moines. A funeral Mass will be held at 11:00 A.M. Thursday at Christ the King Catholic Church with cremation following the service. Interment of the cremains will be at Resthaven Cemetery at a later date. The family will greet friends from 4-8 P.M. Wednesday evening at Hamilton’s Southtown Funeral Home. Bob was born and raised in Des Moines and was a graduate of Roosevelt High School and Iowa State University. He served in the Army Air Force and was a veteran of WW II. He retired in 1986 as Senior Regional Representative (Iowa and Nebraska) for Insurance Services Offices Inc. (formerly Insurance Services Office of Iowa). Bob was past president of the Dowling Club and past president of the Iowa Pond of the Honorable Order of Blue Goose International. He was a life member of the Society of Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriters (CPCU) and a former member of the Society of Fire Protection Engineers. He is survived by his wife of 59 years Dolores “Dede”, his daughter Dawn of Tempe, Arizona, his son Michael of Lincoln, Nebraska, his grandsons Matthew and Brett of Lincoln, his brother Warren E. Sinclair of Scotts Valley, California, his brother-in-law Sammy Rich of Des Moines as well as numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents Earl and Bessie Sinclair, his sisters Miriam Thorgrimson, Frances Dean, and Mary Caple and his brother Raleigh Sinclair. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Christ the King Catholic Church.

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