Robert Henry "Bob" Long
February 9, 1929 — December 21, 2009
Robert H. “Bob” Long, 80, of 908 38th Street S.E., Cedar Rapids, Iowa, died Monday, December 21, 2009, in Living Center West, Cedar Rapids. Services: 1:00 p.m., Saturday, December 26, 2009, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids, by the Rev. C.W. Perkins. Visitation: 11 to 1 p.m., Saturday, at the funeral home prior to the service. Burial: Oak Hill Cemetery, Cedar Rapids.
Survivors include his wife, Freda; children, Edwin Montgomery, Carole Long and Theresa Long; grandchildren, Anthony Montgomery and Octavia Cox all of Cedar Rapids, Terrie Long, Sherrie Battles, Robert Long, Jr. and Doris (Albert) Hall all of Des Moines; eleven grandchildren; and one sister, Sandra Robinson.
Bob was preceded in death by his parents; sister, Doris May Long; and daughter, Bobbie Jo Long.
Bob was born February 9, 1929, in Des Moines, Iowa, the son of John Wesley Long and Tressa Smith-Robinson. On May 22, 1965, in Preston, Minnesota, he was united in marriage to Freda Blakey. Bob was a housing inspector with the Department of Planning and Redevelopment for the city of Cedar Rapids, retiring in 1994, a Linn County deputy sheriff, and a barber during the time he was in Cedar Rapids.
Robert was educated in the Des Moines public schools where he attended Longfellow Elementary School and later graduated from East High School in 1946. He was active in basketball, football and track. Later he graduated from Iowa Barber College in Des Moines.
At a young age Robert found the Lord and he attended Kyles African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church where he sang in the Senior Choir and was a Junior Steward at a young age and a member on the Trustee Board. He was a member of Bethel AME Church in Cedar Rapids, where he was a senior steward.
He enjoyed golf, the Drake Relays and was an avid Hawkeye fan. Bob had a special bond with his granddaughter, Octavia.
Survivors include his wife, Freda; children, Edwin Montgomery, Carole Long and Theresa Long; grandchildren, Anthony Montgomery and Octavia Cox all of Cedar Rapids, Terrie Long, Sherrie Battles, Robert Long, Jr. and Doris (Albert) Hall all of Des Moines; eleven grandchildren; and one sister, Sandra Robinson.
Bob was preceded in death by his parents; sister, Doris May Long; and daughter, Bobbie Jo Long.
Bob was born February 9, 1929, in Des Moines, Iowa, the son of John Wesley Long and Tressa Smith-Robinson. On May 22, 1965, in Preston, Minnesota, he was united in marriage to Freda Blakey. Bob was a housing inspector with the Department of Planning and Redevelopment for the city of Cedar Rapids, retiring in 1994, a Linn County deputy sheriff, and a barber during the time he was in Cedar Rapids.
Robert was educated in the Des Moines public schools where he attended Longfellow Elementary School and later graduated from East High School in 1946. He was active in basketball, football and track. Later he graduated from Iowa Barber College in Des Moines.
At a young age Robert found the Lord and he attended Kyles African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church where he sang in the Senior Choir and was a Junior Steward at a young age and a member on the Trustee Board. He was a member of Bethel AME Church in Cedar Rapids, where he was a senior steward.
He enjoyed golf, the Drake Relays and was an avid Hawkeye fan. Bob had a special bond with his granddaughter, Octavia.
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