Robert "Bob" L. Lenger, 71, of Rock Island, died Thursday, April 25, 2019 at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City. Services will be 10 am Wednesday at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home and Crematory, Rock Island. Visitation will be from 4-7 pm Tuesday at the funeral home. Burial will be at Rock Island National Cemetery, Arsenal Island, where military honors will be presented. Memorials may be made in care of the Vietnam Veterans of America Post No. 299.
Bob was born in Moline, Ill. on September 28, 1947, a son of Elmer D. and Elma L. Ray Lenger. He married Sue I. Duyvejonck on July 25, 1980. They later divorced.
Bob was a U.S. Marine Corps veteran who served in Vietnam. In the early 70's, Bob owned and operated the Red Carpet Club in Moline. In 1975 he worked as an apprentice machinist at the Rock Island Arsenal. He later worked for the Moline Fire Department for 15 years as an engineer and fireman. Bob last worked 10 years for the Rock Island County Sheriffs Department as a bailiff.
Bob was a member of the International Association of Firefighters Local 581 and a lifelong member of the Vietnam Veterans of America Post 299.
Those left to cherish his memory include his daughter, Rebecca (Emmett) Edwards, Rapid City, SD and her children, Blake and Brady Edwards and Madisyn Edwards; step-son, Mark (Mindy) O'Melia, Bettendorf and his children, Jackson and Erin O'Melia; step-son, Chris O'Melia, Rock Island and his children, Grace and Claire O'Melia; and siblings, Carol Seibel, Louisburg, N.C., Barbara Cummings, Wheaton, Ill. and Jerry P. Lenger, Garner, N.C.
He was preceded in death by his parents and brother, Larry W. Lenger.