Robert Homme

DECEASED: ROBERT "BOB" HOMME
BORN: 9/2/1943 (78) ST CLOUD, MN
PARENTS: FERNE WISE HOMME AND HALVOR HOMME
WIFE: SUZANNE PAULY HOMME
CHILD: MEGGAN MARIE HOMME

BOB PASSED AWAY SUDDENLY SATURDAY, DEC 11, 2021 AT LIFE CARE CENTER OF LITTLETON. A PRIVATE, FAMILY ONLY MEMORIAL WILL TAKE PLACE AT HORAN & MCCONATY FUNERAL HOME.

BOB GRADUATED FROM PRAIRIE HIGH SCHOOL, CEDAR RAPIDS, IA 1961.

HE EARNED HIS C.P.M. (CERTIFIED PURCHASING MGR)  CERTIFICATION AT KIRKWOOD COMMUNITY COLLEGE IN CEDAR RAPIDS, IA  AND WENT ON TO HOLD THE POSITION OF PURCHASING MANAGER AT SEVERAL COMPANIES INCLUDING LINK BELT, ESKA OUTBOARD MOTOR CO, HI-WAY EQUIPMENT CO, ZINGA INDUSTRIES AND CIMCO. BOB WAS VERY ACTIVE IN THE PURCHASING ASSOCIATION AND AT ONE POINT BECAME PRESIDENT OF HIS LOCAL ASSOCIATION. HE WAS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF SEVERAL LIONS CLUBS WHILE LIVING IN THE MIDWEST.

HE MARRIED HIS WIFE OF 43 YEARS, SUZANNE M. PAULY, IN DUBUQUE, IA ON DEC 2, 1978 AND THEY HAD 1 DAUGHTER, MEGGAN MARIE (IN 1980) WHO HAS C.P. AND BECAUSE OF HER SPECIAL NEEDS, BOB WAS VERY ACTIVE IN THE A.R.C..

23 YEARS AGO THE FAMILY MADE THEIR MOVE TO COLORADO TO BE CLOSER TO SUZANNE'S FAMILY, AND HAVE LOVED LIVING  AT AUTUMN CHASE IN HIGHLANDS RANCH.

BOB DECIDED TO TRY HIS HAND AT SELLING CARS AND EXCELLED AT BEING A CAR SALESMAN AT JOHN ELWAY AND RALPH SCHOMP DEALERSHIPS IN COLORADO.

FOR FUN, BOB LOVED TO TAKE HIS FAMILY TO CLASSIC CAR SHOWS, WAS AN ACTIVE LEAGUE GOLFER, LEAGUE BOWLER, LEAGUE BILLIARDS PLAYER, AND ENJOYED HELPING HIS DAUGHTER AT HER GOLF-4-FUN LESSONS AND PEGASUS THERAPY HORSEBACK RIDING LESSONS.

BOB AND SUZANNE LOVED WATCHING ALL OF THE SHOWS ON THE HALLMARK CHANNELS TOGETHER.

HE LOVED TO PLAY CARDS AND IF HE COULD FIND A GAME OF EUCHRE, WHIST, OR PINOCHLE, HE WAS A HAPPY MAN!

BOB LOVED TAKING VACATION TRIPS WITH HIS FAMILY AND WAS A LOT OF FUN BECAUSE HE WOULD TAKE MEGGAN ON ALL OF THE RIDES, ROLLERCOASTERS AND WATERSLIDES AT THE THEME PARKS THEY VISITED. THEIR MOST MEMORABLE TRIPS WERE 2 VACATIONS TO WALT DISNEY WORLD AND UNIVERSAL STUDIOS WHERE THE FAMILY GOT PRIVATE TIMES WITH MICKEY MOUSE AND BARNEY THE DINOSAUR, OTHER ADVENTURES WERE TO NEW MEXICO AND THE GRAND CANYON ALONG WITH MANY TRIPS BACK TO THE MIDWEST TO SPEND TIME WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS.

OVER THE YEARS THE FAMILY BELONGED TO MANY CATHOLIC PARISHES AND ALTHOUGH BOB WAS NOT BAPTIZED CATHOLIC, HE MADE SURE HIS GIRLS GOT TO CHURCH EVERY SUNDAY AND THEY ALL  ATTENDED MASS TOGETHER  AS A FAMILY.  HE ALSO  HELPED MEGGAN ATTEND HER SPECIAL REL ED CLASSES AT ST THOMAS MORE. HE WAS ALWAYS A VERY LOVING, INVOLVED HUSBAND AND FATHER!

BOB RETIRED AT AGE 63 AND WAS ABLE TO GET HIS EARLY GOLF GAMES IN SO HE COULD COME HOME AND TAKE HIS WIFE OUT TO LUNCH EVERY DAY FOR THEIR "DAYTIME DATE" WHILE MEGGAN ATTENDED SPECTRUM DAY PROGRAM  IN LAKEWOOD.

HE LOOKED FORWARD TO ALL FAMILY GATHERINGS WITH ALL OF THE PAULY CLAN OUT HERE.

BOB ENJOYED BEING A DENVER BRONCO FAN AND WAS DESCRIBED AS BEING A "SUPER FAN" BECAUSE HE WAS CONSTANTLY DRESSED IN TEAM APPAREL. HIS BRONCO JACKET ALWAYS OPENED MANY CONVERSATIONS OUT IN THE COMMUNITY WHETHER THEY WERE HAVING A GOOD SEASON OR NOT.

AT AGE 74 BOB WAS DIAGNOSED WITH CHRONIC STROKES THAT WERE LABELED "VASCULAR PARKINSONISM".  HE HAD PARKINSON'S DISEASE....HE FOUGHT A BRAVE BATTLE, NEVER ONCE COMPLAINING THAT THE DISEASE WAS TAKING OVER HIS BODY, FOREVER CHANGING HIS LIFE.

IN RECENT YEARS BOB WAS FORCED TO GIVE UP HIS BELOVED GOLF AND SETTLED FOR WATCHING THE PROS PLAY ON TV. HE DONATED ONE SET OF HIS CLUBS TO SPECTRUM DAY PROGRAM AND THE OTHER SET TO A GREAT NEPHEW WHO WILL HOPEFULLY SOME DAY ENJOY THE GAME AS MUCH AS BOB DID.

BOB LOVED TO DECORATE AT CHRISTMAS AND HIS SPECIAL FORTE WAS HIS PATIO...ENTERING AND WINNING SEVERAL CHRISTMAS DECORATING CONTESTS AT AUTUMN CHASE.

BOB WILL BE GREATLY MISSED BY HIS WIFE, DAUGHTER AND EXTENDED FAMILY.

HE IS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY:

HIS PARENTS, FERNE LILLIAN HOMME IVES AND HALVOR CAROL HOMME, HIS STEP-FATHER, CURTIS IVES,  HIS SISTER, PATRICIA HOMME THORPE (DOUG), HIS IN-LAWS, BEULAH BOLAND PAULY AND JOHN PETER PAULY, A BROTHER-IN-LAW, JIM BECICKA (SHIRLEY), A NEPHEW, JIMMY BECICKA,  A BROTHER-IN-LAW, STEVEN R. PAULY (LINDA) AND SEVERAL AUNTS, UNCLES, COUSINS AND GRANDPARENTS.

SURVIVING BOB:

BESIDES HIS WIFE, SUZANNE AND DAUGHTER, MEGGAN...HIS SISTER, SHIRLEY HOMME BECICKA, OXFORD, IA; BROTHER-IN-LAW, RICHARD J. PAULY (SHARON) CENTENNIAL, CO; NEPHEW, STEVEN BECICKA OXFORD, IA; NIECE, LORI THORPE PAINTER (DOUG) SIOUX FALLS, S.D.; NEPHEW, GARY THORPE (JACKIE) CLEAR LAKE, IA; NIECE, JULIE THORPE BALLANTINI, SAC CITY, IA; NIECE, LAURA L. PAULY PH D, BROOKFIELD, WI; NIECE, JULIA PAULY CALABRESE (DAVID) DENVER, CO; NEPHEW, RICK PAULY (REBECCA) HIGHLANDS RANCH, CO; NIECE, MICHELLE PAULY RAHM (MARV), MEAD, CO; NEPHEW, JOHN PAULY (ELISE) DENVER, CO; NEPHEW, CHRISTOPHER PAULY (DANA) STERLING, VIRGINIA; NIECE, ANN PAULY MCGAVIN, VIRGINIA; NIECE, SARA PAULY MCGONIGAL, VIRGINIA; NIECE, CHRISTINE PAULY, DUBUQUE, IA; NEPHEW, GLEN PAULY, WYOMING, IA; NEPHEW, SCOTT PAULY (VICKIE), DUBUQUE, IA,,,AND MANY COUSINS AND GREAT NIECES AND NEPHEWS...

A PRIVATE, FAMILY ONLY MEMORIAL WILL TAKE PLACE  ON SUNDAY, JANUARY 9, 2022. A ZOOM LINK WILL BE POSTED LATER

IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, DONATIONS MAY BE MADE TO:

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