Robert "Bob" Allen Zeiler

Robert "Bob" Allen Zeiler

Nov 13, 1948 – Nov 13, 2023

Robert "Bob" Zeiler passed away in Spokane, Wash. on Nov. 13, 2023, his 75th birthday. He was born on Nov. 13, 1948, in Spokane, the only child of Jacob Jr. and Ruby (Heimbigner) Zeiler. A lifelong resident of Odessa, Wash. Bob was a third-generation wheat farmer, farming southeast of Odessa.

Bob graduated from Odessa High School in 1967. He attended Spokane Falls Community College for two years and Eastern Washington State College (now EWU) before returning to Odessa to farm with his father. He met Debra Downing, a first year Odessa school...