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Robert Dale Nightingale, “Bob”, was born to Benjamin Tobias Nightingale and Ella Christine Decker in Halstead, Kansas on July 14, 1939. He was the youngest of eight children. Bob graduated from Halstead High School in 1957 and entered the army the same year. He served as an artillery man in Germany. In 1963 he was honorably discharged. Bob then attended Hutchinson Junior College in Kansas and graduated later in 1963 with an Associates of Arts Degree in Business Administration. He attended Wichita State University in Kansas and received a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration in 1965. After college he worked for J.G. Boswell Company in L.A., California. He met his wife of 54 years, Betty Joan Smith in 1968. They were married in Las Vegas on July 11, 1968, on the way to the Boston Ranch in Prineville, Oregon, where Bob went onto become a ranch manager. Their marriage was blessed at St. Joseph Catholic Church on December 20, 1968. While in Prineville he became a member of the Knights of Columbus and was exalted ruler of the local Elks Club. Bob and his wife enjoyed dancing at the lake shore lodge. In 1978, Bob was transferred to the J.G. Boswell office in Corcoran. He retired after 20 years. He spent ten more years working for Gilkey farms. A highlight of that time was a business trip to Australia. Bob loved to golf and was thrilled to make two hole-in-ones. He enjoyed watching the Dodgers play, cooking, doing crosswords, working out and attending family celebrations. Bob passed away at Kaweah Delta Hospital on May 13, 2023, at age 83. His family members preceding him in death were his mother, father, his brothers Wilber, Carlyle, and John. His sisters Vivian Rundell and Della Walker. His surviving family members include sister Betty Joan Cohen of Phoenix, Arizona, two children Michael Nightingale (wife Chelene) and Claudia Silva (husband Frank), seven grandchildren: Amber, Dylan, Karsten, Devin, Daniel, Sophia, and Joseph, two great grandchildren, Theos and Eros and his wife, Betty Joan Nightingale. |
