Bob Obradovich
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Bob was born in Langley, BC to Dave and Katie (Mahovlich). He grew up on a dairy farm on Otter Road in Aldergrove, with his siblings, Joyce, Richard and Dorie. Bob received his Bachelor of Agriculture in 1968 from the University of British Columbia, intending to work in animal husbandry. However, he decided to return to school for teacher training, which started him on a career he truly loved. Bob taught for 48 years in the Abbotsford School District at North Poplar Elementary (1969-1990), Jackson Elementary (1990-2005) and after he retired, as a teacher on call (2005-2017). He is often remembered as the teacher that played football with his students during recess and lunch or as the teacher with the guitar. He loved teaching so much that he never stopped and had intended to return again in September 2017. Bob strongly believed in the importance of family and spent most of his time outside "work" with his family, including his wife and best friend, Lynn, their children, Shannon, Chris (Angelika), Steve and Mark, and his grandson, Nathaniel. He enjoyed planning family vacations and for September had organized a trip to take his grandson to Disneyland for the first time. Bob was very fond of animals, particularly cows and dogs. When his dog Luke died, he started walking dogs for the Abbotsford SPCA and became their Pet Santa from 2009-2016. Bob was a committed Christian, who showed his faith in word and deed. Throughout his life, he volunteered in a number of roles, working with children, youth and adults at church and more recently with Children of Hope and Discipleship International. In lieu of flowers, donations to Children of Hope (http://childrenofhope.info/) or Discipleship International (http://www.discipleshipint.org/) would be appreciated.
Condolences
Ian Malcomson
Sorry for being late on this one. Bob is what you call a lifelong friend who was a big brother to Al and myself over the years. Sweet memories in the pictures, Lynn. Miss you man, but I know I will see you in glory.
V. Webster
I wanted to express my heartfelt condolences to all of the family. For right now, there's no detour around grief, no shortcut through mourning. However, 2 Cor.4:7 says that God can give us, "... power beyond what is normal ", to go from one day to the next. This does not mean that we no longer cry, or that we forget. It means we recover. We recover because of our hope. Jesus Christ talked about our hope in John 5:28 which says, "...all those in the memorial tomb will hear his voice and come out ". Jesus was referring to the resurrection. That is our amazing hope! The Bible likens our hope to an anchor. Just like an anchor stabilizes a ship, our hope stabilizes us and keeps us from drowning in overwhelming sadness. 2 Cor.1:3 describes our Creator as, "... the God of all comfort ". One way that God comforts us is by moving people who care about us to give us words of encouragement that we need to hear. May the God of comfort be your comfort now, during this time of sorrow. For the Bible's answers to life's big questions please visit JW.org.https://vimeo.com/237368772
Aaron James
My condolences go out to the family. I am so sorry too hear of the lost of a dear loved one to this family. Dealing with this situation can be the hardest thing to face. God's word the bible gives heartfelt and true meaning for ones sleeping in death; Revelation 21: 3,4 says: 3 With that I heard a loud voice from the throne say: “Look! The tent of God is with mankind, and he will reside with them, and they will be his people. And God himself will be with them. 4 And he will wipe out every tear from their eyes, and death will be no more, neither will mourning nor outcry nor pain be anymore. The former things have passed away.” God also promises a hope for ones to have life again at John 5: 28,29a : Do not be amazed at this, for the hour is coming in which all those in the memorial tombs will hear his voice 29 and come out. Visit Jw.org for more encouraging bible truths.
Pat Bevan
Lynn and family, So very sorry to hear of Bob's passing. Have many fond memories of chats with Bob especially during those early years at North Poplar.
Joyce Butorac
Missing you brother. Missing our lunches and our talks. Still can't believe you are gone. So touching looking at all the pictures. Wonderful memories. So many fond memories of us growing up together. Am so sorry for the whole family for the loss of Bob.
Ruth Wiebe
Our thoughts and prayers are with you all. It was great to work with Bob long ago at North Poplar and see the creativity, time and care he brought to the kids. He's left a strong legacy.
Dan McAuley
I saw him at Superstore and found the courage to go up to him and sure enough he remembered me and that made my day. I think being with him that extra year helped. I am sad to hear of his passing and am emotional, as I type my comment. Unfortunately I was not able to attend on the 15th as I was with my family at my son`s hockey camp. I would have loved to meet his family and the children and their sport stories with their dad. All the best to them in this difficult time.
Dan McAuley
Mr. Obradovich was my teacher in the 70`s at North Poplar Elem. I was fortunate to have him for two years, and by far the memories that I cherish the most were with him. Academics were important to Mr. Obradovich , unfortunately at the time I did not feel the same way , but it was this extra time after school that we connected. We would play floor hockey and he would want to win as bad as us and I think this had an influence on me, even today when I play with my son. I always remembered the time he let us into the school on a weekend to play floor hockey and we swore we would not tell anyone. It is okay now. Once the weather was better we were outside playing football. I can still visualize the bombs/passes he would throw to us after our huddles. I would see Mr. Obradovich once in a while around town but I was always to scared to go to him thinking that he would not remember me, which would be understandable.
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