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- Rob attended Veteran School from kindergarten to grade six. In July 1984 he moved to Coronation with his mother and younger brother. He attended Coronation school until completion of Grade eleven. On July 1, 1989, Robert left Coronation for Smith, Alberta where he worked at a sawmill for a short time. Later that summer he joined his mother and brother in Lac la Biche, AB. There he completed his High School at J.A. Williams High School (JAWS), graduating on May 26, 1990.
Rob started working at an early age. During his years of Junior & Senior high school, Rob worked at snow shovelling, janitorial duties, grass cutting, painting, baby sitting, sawmill worker and in an army camp kitchen. While in grade 12, he worked as a studen reporter for the Lac La Biche Post and for Agape photographics.
He attended the Alberta Vocational Centre in Lac la Biche for part of one year. It was there that he developed the love for Rehabilitation work. In may of 1991 he started working for Cosmos Enterprises. In jan 1992 Rob moved back to Veteran where he worked various jobs. On July 18, 1992 he married Nicole Stevens.. They lived together at Lac La Biche until Sept 12, 1992 when they moved to Chilliwack, B.C. to start a new life together.
Rob's hobbies were many. In younger years he loved music, horses, writing stories and making things. In his teen years he loved fishing, camping, walking, photography, writing stores and poems and playing his guitar. He belonged to Cubs, Scouts, and the Veteral Full Gospel Youth Group.
Source; obituary
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