Robert Leo Elworth, Sr.

Robert Leo Elworth, 92, passed away on March 2, 2020. He was born July 5, 1927 in Omaha, NE to Clem

and Anna Elworth. Robert ‘Bob’ grew up in Omaha and graduated from Holy Name Catholic High School

in Omaha on the GI bill after serving in the Navy during WWII. He went on to earn a mechanical

engineering degree at University of Nebraska in Lincoln. He married his high school sweetheart, Mary

‘Theresa’ Daly Elworth in 1948. Bob spent the majority of his engineering career at the Corp of

Engineers, with the last six career years at the National Park Service. He retired at age 58 and went on

to work, almost full-time, as a volunteer for the St. Vincent de Paul Family Shelter and their food pantry

for another 23 years. In 2013 he moved to Holiday Island, AR to be more centrally located to his

children.

Robert is survived by his children Robert Elworth of Willard, MO; Mark (Jo) Elworth of Golden, MO; Tom

(Mary Lynn) Elworth of Wahoo, NE; Mary (Rex) Wright of Glenwood, IA; Joni (Harold) Kennedy of

Clarkesville, GA; 21 grand-children and 10 great-grandchildren. He is preceded in death by his wife,

Theresa Elworth; his son, Greg Elworth; his parents, Clem and Anna Elworth; his sisters Jo Elworth and

Katherine Quelland; and his brother Herbert Elworth.