Robert
Robert Clay Aslin
d. September 30, 2011
Robert C. Aslin
March 17, 1920 ��?? September 30, 2011 Robert Clay Aslin was born on his grandparent��?�s farm to Odus Samuel Aslin and Mayme Elma Bobbitt, in Bloomfield, Stoddard Country, Missouri on March 7, 1920. His father worked the family farm and his mother was a school teacher in a one room school. Bob had two sisters, Mildred & Jewel and all three children attended their mother��?�s school, sometimes getting there in a wagon. Bob graduated from Flint Michigan High School after the family left the farm (in order to find work). Bob��?�s first job was working for 35�?¢ an hour at the AC Spark Plug Corporation. His next job was as a bellman at the Durant Hotel in Flint (where he was able to meet Edgar Guest, one of his favorite authors).
He enlisted in the US Navy in October 1941 and went to Aviation Mechanics School. He took a troop transport ship to Pearl Harbor 3 months after it was attacked. He enrolled in Naval Flight School and returned to Los Angeles where he attended USC as a Naval Cadet Student. He attended various other schools including UCLA. From 1953 to 1955 he was stationed in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. He was then stationed at Point Mugu, California and served in the Navy as a pilot (which he loved) for 17 years. His many civilian jobs included work for an insurance agency, his own health food business and his own child care center. After his service in the Navy, he initially lived in Ventura, California (then the Pierpont area) and then moved to Santa Paula with his first wife, Marie Lutz (a school teacher) and their two children. After his wife passed away, Bob met and married Joyce Pyne in 1980. They lived and worked in Ventura for many years before retiring to Rio Rancho, New Mexico in the year 2000. Bob passed away on Friday, September 30, 2011 from Alzheimer��?�s disease. He is survived by his wife of 32 years (Joyce) and two children from his first marriage (Susie Byrd of Cave Junction, Oregon and Douglas of Victor, Idaho and his wife Christy and their son Tanner. His grandchildren are Charlie Vanoni (of Ventura), Drew, Dorian, and Darby Farmer of Buellton and Ariel Iskaku of Los Angeles. He also leaves 7 great-grandsons, 2 great granddaughters, 3 nieces and 2 nephews (in the Seattle area). He is also survived by 4 step children, 11 step grandchildren and 13 great step grandchildren. A viewing will be held at the Ted Mayr Funeral Home, 3150 Loma Vista Rd, Ventura, California on Friday, October 7, 2011 from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm. Internment and graveside service will be at Ivy Lawn Cemetery, 5400 Valentine Rd, Ventura, California on Saturday, October 8, 2011 at 11:00 am. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to the General Missionary Fund of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (http://www.ldsphilanthropies.org/missionary/) Robert's care has been entrusted to: Daniels Family Funeral Services
2400 Southern Blvd
Rio Rancho, New Mexico 87124
505-891-9192
March 17, 1920 ��?? September 30, 2011 Robert Clay Aslin was born on his grandparent��?�s farm to Odus Samuel Aslin and Mayme Elma Bobbitt, in Bloomfield, Stoddard Country, Missouri on March 7, 1920. His father worked the family farm and his mother was a school teacher in a one room school. Bob had two sisters, Mildred & Jewel and all three children attended their mother��?�s school, sometimes getting there in a wagon. Bob graduated from Flint Michigan High School after the family left the farm (in order to find work). Bob��?�s first job was working for 35�?¢ an hour at the AC Spark Plug Corporation. His next job was as a bellman at the Durant Hotel in Flint (where he was able to meet Edgar Guest, one of his favorite authors).
He enlisted in the US Navy in October 1941 and went to Aviation Mechanics School. He took a troop transport ship to Pearl Harbor 3 months after it was attacked. He enrolled in Naval Flight School and returned to Los Angeles where he attended USC as a Naval Cadet Student. He attended various other schools including UCLA. From 1953 to 1955 he was stationed in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. He was then stationed at Point Mugu, California and served in the Navy as a pilot (which he loved) for 17 years. His many civilian jobs included work for an insurance agency, his own health food business and his own child care center. After his service in the Navy, he initially lived in Ventura, California (then the Pierpont area) and then moved to Santa Paula with his first wife, Marie Lutz (a school teacher) and their two children. After his wife passed away, Bob met and married Joyce Pyne in 1980. They lived and worked in Ventura for many years before retiring to Rio Rancho, New Mexico in the year 2000. Bob passed away on Friday, September 30, 2011 from Alzheimer��?�s disease. He is survived by his wife of 32 years (Joyce) and two children from his first marriage (Susie Byrd of Cave Junction, Oregon and Douglas of Victor, Idaho and his wife Christy and their son Tanner. His grandchildren are Charlie Vanoni (of Ventura), Drew, Dorian, and Darby Farmer of Buellton and Ariel Iskaku of Los Angeles. He also leaves 7 great-grandsons, 2 great granddaughters, 3 nieces and 2 nephews (in the Seattle area). He is also survived by 4 step children, 11 step grandchildren and 13 great step grandchildren. A viewing will be held at the Ted Mayr Funeral Home, 3150 Loma Vista Rd, Ventura, California on Friday, October 7, 2011 from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm. Internment and graveside service will be at Ivy Lawn Cemetery, 5400 Valentine Rd, Ventura, California on Saturday, October 8, 2011 at 11:00 am. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to the General Missionary Fund of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (http://www.ldsphilanthropies.org/missionary/) Robert's care has been entrusted to: Daniels Family Funeral Services
2400 Southern Blvd
Rio Rancho, New Mexico 87124
505-891-9192
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