Robert Culver Sr.

July 11, 1925 ~ March 14, 2023

Robert Harold Culver Sr., 97, of Lincoln passed away March 14, 2023. He was Born in Silver Creek, to William and Hilda (Rann) Culver July 11, 1925. While working for the Bell telephone company, he met Monita Heitman in 1946 and they married in Lincoln in 1947. Together they raised four children. Robert was a proud Navy veteran of WWII seeing action at Iwo Jima, Okinawa and Tokyo Bay. He served with his shipmates on the destroyer Samuel N. Moore 747. He retired from Lincoln Telephone and Telegraph in 1990. During his life he took great pride in volunteering with Lions International, Frank Woods Telephone Museum, Roller Skating Museum, managing multiple annual reunions for his Samuel N. Moore destroyer shipmates and he attended Prairie Home Methodist Church.

He is survived by; sons, Bob (Debra) Culver Jr. and Jim (Fran) Culver; daughters, Linda Culver, and Brenda Culver (Mike Naccarato); grandsons, Chris (Akiko) Culver, Alex (Rosie Hardy) Hall, Walker Hall; granddaughters, Ashley (Bryan) Brinkman, Clarissa (Travis) Smith, Alison (Eric) Preston, and Deb Hansel; great-grandchildren, Kai, Julie, Lily, Ethan S., Tatum, Ethan P., Ella; and great-great granddaughter, Hazel.

Bob is preceded in death by his wife Monita of 69 years; parents; brothers, William “Jr.” Culver, Don Culver, and sister, Rogene Dilley; granddaughter, Elizabeth Hall; and daughter-inlaw, Mary Culver.

Funeral Services were Tues., March 21, 2023, at St. Mark’s United Methodist Church in Lincoln. Burial was in Wyuka Cemetery with Military Honors.

Memorials may be made to Prairie Home Methodist Church. Condolences at www.wyuka.com.