Robert "Bob" Grymes

Wickenburg, AZ - Robert T. "Bob" Grymes, 78 of Wickenburg passed away Monday, February 6, 2017 at the Wickenburg Community Hospital.

Bob was born February 25, 1938 in Houston, Texas the son of the late Pat C. and Mary Jane Bradshaw Grymes.  He was raised in Houston and lived there until he entered the U. S. Marine Corps   in 1955.  He was stationed in Okinawa, Japan where he served as a heavy machine gunner in an infantry unit. Following his time in the Marines, he entered the U. S. Coast Guard in 1963.  Bob married Gerry Ann Stanley in December 1965.  He served as a Gunners Mate in the U.S. Coast Guard on board ships and later in his career as a Yeoman where he ascended to the rank of Master Chief Petty Officer.   While in the Coast Guard the family lived in California, Texas, Alaska, Washington D.C., Oregon, Louisiana and Washington.  He retired in 1983 and moved to Hamilton, Montana. While in Montana he worked chasing elk back onto the Stock Farm, fought wild land fires with the forest service and later served as the clerk and parking enforcement officer at the Hamilton Police Department where he retired in the late 1990's.  Bob and Gerry divorced in the early 1990’s.  He enjoyed hunting and fishing and was an avid golfer most of his life.

Bob married Sharon Kennedy on April 17, 1999 in Corvallis, Montana.  The couple enjoyed many years of traveling to see family, took several cruises and spending time in Arizona. In 2007, they made Wickenburg their permanent home. Bob worked at the Los Caballeros Golf Club for several seasons.  He enjoyed playing cards and cribbage with friends and various activities at the Community   Club House.

He was preceded in death by his parents; brothers, Pat and Gene; and daughters, Jodi in 1986 and Leslie in 2016.

Surviving include his wife Sharon of Wickenburg, AZ; son, Tom (Carron) Grymes of Hamilton, MT; step children, daughter Sherry Park (David), daughter Janice Gabe (Steve), son Joe (Margie) Ewart, son Dennis (Chris) Wetzsteon, son Barry Ewart, son Douglas Ewart, daughter Angie Adamick (Brandon); grandchildren, Michael (Danielle) Lindell, Nikki (Peter) Lindell-Gorz, Kyla (Derek) Sanderson and KaSondra Grymes and great grandchildren, James and Maggie Lindell.

A memorial service will be announced later this year.  The family suggests memorials to Marcus Daly Hospice of the Bitterroot, 1200 Westwood Dr. Hamilton, MT 59840.