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\"\"<\/a>Robert \u201cBob\u201d Wopat, age\u00a075, of Sun City West, AZ, passed away the morning of November 16, 2017, surrounded by his family.<\/p>\n

Bob, a devoted husband, father, and friend, is survived by\u00a0his wife Ruth of 50 years,\u00a0his\u00a0two children Amy and Chris, and sister Marvalene.\u00a0 He is preceded in death by his parents, Adolph and Ella, his brother Bernard, and infant brother, Donald.<\/p>\n

Bob grew up in Kendall, WI and lived most of his life in Southern Wisconsin where he earned his bachelor\u2019s degree from UW-Platteville, worked, and raised his family. Bob\u00a0started his career as a computer programmer, later founding a successful IT consulting company which continued to grow long after his retirement in 2010.\u00a0 In 2007,\u00a0Bob and his wife purchased a home in Sun City West, Arizona, where they would spend the winters, and eventually live full time.<\/p>\n

Bob lived life to the fullest and was always open to new experiences. His adventurous spirit took him and his wife to the far corners of the United States and many countries around the globe.\u00a0\u00a0When he wasn’t traveling,\u00a0Bob found great joy in spending time with his family and friends, volunteering, fishing, hiking, storytelling, spending time at the lake, exploring his Czech heritage, admiring vintage cars and Corvettes,\u00a0playing a mean game of Euchre, reading,\u00a0and playing his accordion. He will be remembered as a compassionate, loving, and generous man who never met a dessert he didn’t like.<\/p>\n

In lieu of flowers, please make a donation to\u00a0The\u00a0RLS Foundation<\/a>, The Lymphoma Research Foundation<\/a>, or a favorite charity of your\u00a0choosing.<\/p>\n

Please join our family in sharing memories on Bob’s\u00a0tribute wall in the comments below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Robert \u201cBob\u201d Wopat, age\u00a075, of Sun City West, AZ, passed away the morning of November 16, 2017, surrounded by his family. Bob, a devoted husband, father, and friend, is survived by\u00a0his wife Ruth of 50 years,\u00a0his\u00a0two children Amy and Chris, and sister Marvalene.\u00a0 He is preceded in death by his parents, Adolph and Ella, his … Continue reading “Robert Lewis Wopat”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-9","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wopats.com\/bob\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wopats.com\/bob\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wopats.com\/bob\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wopats.com\/bob\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wopats.com\/bob\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9"}],"version-history":[{"count":35,"href":"https:\/\/www.wopats.com\/bob\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":125,"href":"https:\/\/www.wopats.com\/bob\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9\/revisions\/125"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wopats.com\/bob\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}