In this blog, I want to pay tribute to our home teacher, Bob Dixon, who passed away this week. Over the years, he was our home teacher two or three different times. Most recently, we can't remember how long. When he started this time, he wanted me to tell him the most important thing he should know about our family. I told him that I didn't like my home teachers to come on Sunday. Over the years, we've spent many a Sunday evening visiting and learning from Bob. He never shirked his duty as a home teacher and friend. He came most often alone and we'd spend a couple of hours visiting. Sometimes Yvonne came as his companion.
Bob and his family lived on Block 11 and attended Church with the Gunters. They were relocated to Royal and Bob was here to greet us when we came as newlyweds. He fought in Viet Nam and was a hero who saved a man's life. His was proud of his country. Block 11 people and events were favorite topics in our discussions. He has been a good, good friend and a superb home teacher. He always had obviously studied the lesson well. I always enjoyed Bob as our Gospel Doctrine teacher because, although sometimes it was uncomfortable, he made you think about whatever it was he was teaching. For the last several years he's taught the Blazers in Primary and thanked me more than once for choosing him when I was Primary president. Our Christmas present was always a box of apples which he had handpicked for us. Though he had back problems, he came and helped in the heat to roof our house.
We will surely miss him.
Bob and his family lived on Block 11 and attended Church with the Gunters. They were relocated to Royal and Bob was here to greet us when we came as newlyweds. He fought in Viet Nam and was a hero who saved a man's life. His was proud of his country. Block 11 people and events were favorite topics in our discussions. He has been a good, good friend and a superb home teacher. He always had obviously studied the lesson well. I always enjoyed Bob as our Gospel Doctrine teacher because, although sometimes it was uncomfortable, he made you think about whatever it was he was teaching. For the last several years he's taught the Blazers in Primary and thanked me more than once for choosing him when I was Primary president. Our Christmas present was always a box of apples which he had handpicked for us. Though he had back problems, he came and helped in the heat to roof our house.
We will surely miss him.
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