Robert Allen Nystrom

Robert “Big Bad Bob” Allen Nystrom, 84, passed away Saturday, May 2, 2009, at Montana Veterans Home in Columbia Falls withloving family by his side. Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. Friday, May 8, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Bonners Ferry with interment in Grandview Cemetery. Bob was born Aug. 25, 1924, in Crosby, N.D., to Fred and Eva Nystrom. The family moved to Bonners Ferry in 1937. Bob was a World War II veteran and active member of the American Legion. Bob fell in love and married the former Veryl Morrison on Dec. 29, 1967, in Bonners Ferry. They enjoyed 42 years of married life. Bob enjoyed traveling, spending a month in Greece, a winter in Arizona and taking month-long road trips, visiting sites and family in Louisiana and South Carolonia. Bob loved to garden, leaving the weeding to Veryl. Bob also liked watching and feeding the birds and squirrels that lived in their backyard. Bob was preceded in death by his parents, a brother, Fred, and a stepson Ricky. Survivors include his wife of Boise, stepdaughters Cheryl and her husband Travis Brock of Colfax, Wash., and Lynne ad David Gray of Kalispell; stepsons Tom Beauclair of Wahsington, D.C., and Mike Billingsley and his wife, Sue of Troy, Mont.; 15 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. Family and friends may sign Bob’s book at www.bonnersferryfuneralhome.com . Bonners Ferry Funeral Home is handing arrangements. Family and friends are invited to sign Bob’s book at www.bonnersferryfuneralhome.com Arrangement are entrusted to the care of Bonners Ferry Funeral Home.