Robert Schaible

Robert Bob Schaible, 62, 3319 Devon Place, Bismarck, died January 13, 2005, at a Bismarck hospital. Services will be held Tuesday, January 18, 2005, at 10:30 AM at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Bismarck. Burial will be Wednesday, January 19 at 2:00 PM CST at the Mott Cemetery. Visitation will be Sunday from 2:00 - 9:00 PM and Monday from 9:00 AM - 9:00 PM at Eastgate Funeral Service. A prayer service will be held Monday at 7:00 PM followed by an Elks memorial service at 8:00 PM at Eastgate Funeral Eastgate Funeral Service. Visitation will continue Tuesday one hour prior to the service at the church. Bob was born on June 1, 1942, in Mott, ND, to Martha Maedche and Rudolph Schaible. He graduated from Mott High School in 1961 and was on the state championship basketball team. Bob attended college at Dickinson State College, receiving his Bachelors Degree in teaching. Bob married Roberta Birdie Erickson in New England, ND, on June 26, 1965. They would have celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary this coming June. Their marriage was blessed with three children, Gregory, Kristy and Kimberly. From 1965 to 1970 he taught history and coached football and basketball in Hettinger and Elgin. In 1970, he moved to Dickinson to work as a counselor for Vocational Rehabilitation. Bob was the Deputy Secretary of State of North Dakota for twenty-three years. He worked on many North Dakota Blue Books in the Secretary of State office. He worked for Lutheran Brotherhood for three years and the ND Wildlife Federation for two years. Bob retired last June and was also working part-time as a substitute teacher, at Sears, and as a lobbyist for the North Dakota Outdoor Heritage Coalition on wildlife matters in the state legislature. Bob was forever a boyscout leader, for both young men and adult leaders. Bob had been involved with the Boy Scouts program for twenty-four years. He helped organize Boy Scout Troop 11 and was the scoutmaster for seven years; attended High Adventure camps with scouts and summer camps for numerous years; served on Wood Badge staff; served on local, district and council committees as well as being the District Commissioner in 1999; was the chairman for the International Camporall; and helped plan several camporalls. Bob received the District Award of Merit and Silver Beaver awards for his work with scouting. Bob served on the church council and various committees at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church and sang in the church choir for twenty-five years. Bob was a member of the Bismarck Elks Lodge for thirty-six years. He served as an officer for the Bismarck-Mandan Elks Lodge for six years, including Exalted Ruler in 2000-2001. He served on several lodge committees at the local, state and national levels and was a member of the Elks Chorus for eighteen years. Bob donated 92 pints of blood over the years. He was an avid sportsman. He was a member of Pheasants Forever and served as president of the Lewis and Clark Wildlife Club. Bob wrote many family history and genealogy books. He loved to write down the stories that his family would tell them. He enjoyed sharing the genealogy records with family and traveling to historical family places. He recently finished a book called 'Reminiscing About My Heritage' describing the life of his maternal grandparents and his mother growing up in southwest ND. Bob's latest venture was writing about North Dakota Class B Sports. He wrote about Mott's High School sports history which was published in the 2003 Mott Centennial Book. He also recently published and was selling the Almanac of North Dakota Sports, Class B, Class C and Consolidated League, 1903-2004. As busy as Bob was, he made it important to spend time with his family. He loved to camp in the backyard with his grandsons, play on the computer with his grandkids and make them giggle as babies. He is survived by his wife, Roberta of Bismarck; one son, Gregory of Bismarck; two daughters, Kristy Joe Vadnais of Bismarck and Kimberly Scott Holmberg of Marion, IA; five grandchildren, Andrew, Thomas and Nicholas Vadnais, and Erin and Adam Holmberg; his mother, Martha Proffitt and stepfather Ken Proffitt; three sisters, Lilah Don Auvil, Jamie Leinan, and Betty Kavooras; two brothers, Gary Skogley and Charles Gloria Skogley; and many aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and cousins. Bob would prefer memorials be specified for Boy Scout camp scholarships within the Northern Lights Boy Scout Council or Camp Grassick through the Elks Foundation. Bob had a fervent wish that people would want to share stories about life. He wanted to continue to gather facts and stories so they could be recorded and remembered. He enjoyed looking back at their lives. He hoped that his children and those who followed him could come to appreciate their heritage. The family would appreciate it if you could write down your stories about Bob and send it to the family so these can be shared with his kids and grandkids.

Robert Schaible

June 1, 1942 - January 13, 2005