Robert Engles

Family Visitation: Will be held on Tuesday, May 8, 2012, at the Steen Funeral Home in Greenfield from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. with a dinner following at the Greenfield Bowl.

Burial: Wednesday, May 9, 2012 at the Iowa Veterans Cemetery, Van Meter, Iowa. Full military graveside rites by the Greenfield American Legion Head-Endres Post No. 265 and V.F.W. Post No. 5357 and the United States Army.

Memorials: To the Bob Engles memorial fund to be established by the family.

Robert "Bob" Engles was born December 1, 1947, the son of Robert Allen and Norma Evelyn (Brown) Engles. He passed away Friday, May 4, 2012, at his home in Greenfield, Iowa.

Bob grew up in Sioux Falls, South Dakota and attended school there. He was enlisted in the United States Army in March of 1969 and was discharged in 1972. He was very proud to be a Vietnam Veteran. On November 5, 1978, he was united in marriage to Barbara Ann Teas in Greenfield, Iowa.

Bob was a mechanic for Ehrsam Implement in Greenfield for twenty years and then worked for Gross Manufacturing in Greenfield for ten years. He enjoyed fishing, camping, remote control vehicles and loved to sketch and draw.

He was preceded in death by his father, Jack Donald Johnson.

He is survived by his wife, Barbara Engles of Greenfield; daughter, Renee Parrot of Kirkman, Iowa; two sons, Jason Engles (Melissa) of Fontanelle and Andy Engles (Angie) of Greenfield; mother, Norma Johnson of Greenfield; four grandchildren, Austin, TJ, Mason and Abby; two brothers, Jim Engles of Missouri and Norb Engles of Greenfield; other relatives and friends.