Robert Allen "Bob" Bulen, 79, of Eldon, Missouri died at his home in Eldon on June 20, 2016.

He was born April 8, 1937 to George Coe and Ida Pauline Sparling Bulen.

He was a 1956 graduate of Moline High School in Moline, Illinois. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy on July, 1956 and served twenty years as a deep sea diver. While in the Navy, they lived in Newport, Rhode Island; Virginia Beach, Virginia and Scotland where the family enjoyed many adventures and traveling.

Bob married Jane Carolyn Baker on September 6, 1958 at Newport, Rhode Island and to this union three children were born. He graduated from Kirksville Vo Tech in Kirksville, Missouri, in 1985 as an LPN. He worked for thirty-one years at the Scotland County Hospital in Memphis, Missouri, before his retirement.

Bob enjoyed gardening, woodworking and collecting and selling antiques but his greatest enjoyment and passion was spending time with his grandchildren. Bob spent most of his life in the Memphis area, moving to the Lake of the Ozarks area in 2010 to be closer to family.

He was a member of the V.F.W., American Legion and Fleet Reserve.

He is survived by his wife, Jane, of the home and his children: Mark Bulen and wife, Lori, of Non, Oklahoma; Karl Bulen and his wife, Jackie and Debra Gunnell and her husband, Robert, all of Eldon, Missouri. Also surviving are ten grandchildren; fourteen great grandchildren; a brother, George W. Bulen and his wife, Joyce, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa and two sisters: Bonnie Dalton and her husband, Bill, of Memphis, Missouri and Phyllis Ford and her husband, Robert, of Lenexa, Kansas as well as many nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.

Bob was preceded in death by his parents, a nephew, Anthony Dalton and a niece, Cindy Bulen Hamilton.