Robert "Bob" Heinemann

Robert “Bob” George Heinemann, son of the late Carl and Edith (Schuelke) Heinemann, was born September 25, 1933 in Chicago, Illinois, and passed away on September 15, 2018 at his daughter’s home in Springfield, Missouri, just ten days shy of his 85th birthday following complications of COPD. Bob is survived by his beloved wife of nearly 58 years, Mildred “Millie” May Forrest Heinemann. Together they built a life filled with love and travel. He was a devoted father to daughter Cindy Heinemann Waites and her husband John, and to son Carl Michael Heinemann and his wife Marnie. He was a proud grandfather to David Waites, Margaret Waites, Meredith Waites, Audrey Heinemann, and Conner Heinemann. Bob held a special place in his heart for Min-Zheng “Heidi” Veneau, who was like a second daughter to him, and he is lovingly remembered by his sister, Carolyn Stockwell, and her husband Ed. After graduating from Sullivan High School in Chicago, Bob attended Northwestern University on scholarship. He served in the U.S. Army in Europe, where he played quarterback on the Army’s traveling football team. During this time, he developed a lifelong dream of living and working abroad. After graduating from Northwestern, he earned a second degree from the Thunderbird School of International Management. His career took him and his family to six countries: Mexico, Argentina, Venezuela, the Philippines, Hong Kong, and China. He thrived being an American Expat traveling around the world. Bob retired at age of 55 to the Lake of Ozarks, Missouri, where he and Millie enjoyed nearly 30 years of lake life together. Long before, while living in Kansas City and dating Millie, Bob declared the lake would be where they would retire, and so they did! Bob was an avid financial investor, instilling sound investing principles with his family and enjoying talking finances with his grandkids. In retirement, he was active at the Elks Lodge in Laurie, enjoyed boating on the lake, traveling the world, attending his grandchildren’s events, working in his yard, watching football, and chatting with friends and neighbors. He never met a stranger and was always the life of any party with his booming voice and zest for life. A celebration of life will be held over his favorite holiday at the lake, the Fourth of July. His love for this country and this annual celebration was enhanced by his time abroad. At the time of his death, he had traveled to more than 66 countries, living out the dream he had set for himself as a young man. Memorial donations may be made to the Elks Lodge in Laurie, Missouri or to Northwestern University.

Robert "Bob" Heinemann

September 25, 1933 - September 15, 2018

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September 25, 1933 - September 15, 2018

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