Robert “Bob” Doornbos, 79, of Coloma died Saturday, January 18, 2020 
  at the Lakeland Medical Center in St. Joseph.
  Family services will be held at later date and cremation has taken place. 
  Memorials may be made to Donor’s choice. Arrangements are by the 
  Davidson Chapel of Florin Funeral Service in Coloma. Please share 
  messages, memories or photos at www.florin.net.
  Bob was born on June 4, 1940 in Jamestown Township, MI to Ray and 
  Isla Doornbos. He was a veteran of the US Navy and served our country 
  for 23 years. He was a member of the Coloma American Legion. After the 
  US Navy Bob was a teacher in the Los Angeles Unified School System 
  for 20 years. In 2007 he moved back to Coloma and met his significant 
  other, Brenda Feury. They have been together for the last 13 years and 
  enjoyed traveling to Hawaii and other places. Bob was also a life member 
  of the Coloma Masonic Lodge and the Elks. In his younger years he 
  enjoyed fishing and hunting and more recently enjoyed going to the 
  Casinos and working outdoors in his yard.
  His family includes his significant other, Brenda Feury and her family; his 
  children, Andrew Doornbos of Grants Pass, OR, Kellae Fisher of 
  Flagstaff, AZ and Heather Doornbos of WA; his sisters, Marilyn (James) 
  Nord of Watervliet, Elaine (John) Williams of Chicago, and Mary (Gary) 
  Richmond of Hartford, his grandson, Maverick, and his brother-in-law, 
  Leonard Seymour. He was preceded in death by his parents and his 
  sisters, Marcia and Kathleen.
 
 
  CWO4 Robert ‘Bob’ Doornbos
  BJU-1 1968-71
  d. 9-22-2011
   “Fair winds and following seas”
 
 
 
 
 
 
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   - Ocracoke Island Memorial, Loop Shack Hill
   
- Beach Jumpers Memorial Honor Roll
   
- Deceased Members Personal Tributes
   
    - CAPT Douglas Fairbanks Jr. USNR
    
- Members A-F
    
     - Allen, Donovan, EN2,  BJU2
     
- Allen, James LTjg BJU3&8
     
- Aucoin, Gary RD3, BJU2
     
- Barber, Richard RM2, BJU2
     
- Barry, Robert LT, BJU2
     
- Bartholdi, Joseph RD1, BJU2
     
- Benjamins, Edwin CRM, BJU6
     
- Bittner, Burt LT, BJU6
     
- Bobick, William, RD3, BJU1
     
- Bohannan, John RD2, BJU2
     
- Boyea, Henry GM3, BJU1
     
- Boyum, Danny EN2, BJU1
     
- Brewer, Charles QM3, BJU2
     
- Briggs, Ronald RM2, BJU2
     
- Brown, Donald, LCDR, BJU1
     
- Bucklew, Phil CAPT, BJU2
     
- Bullock, Harvey ENS, BJU4
     
- Burkey, Paul MM/1c, BJU1
     
- Burkholder, James EN2, BJU2
     
- Carlson, Ronald LT, BJU1
     
- Carlton, Jack ENS, BJU6
     
- Cason, GR RMCS, BJU1
     
- Casto, John RD3, BJU2
     
- Casto, Ronald RD3, BJU2
     
- Chambers, John BMSN, BJU1
     
- Chapeau, David, ETR3, BJU1
     
- Chesser, William, SK3, BJU2
     
- Clark, Curtis CWO3, BJU1
     
- Clark, Edward RM2, BJU2
     
- Clemente, Wm. LCDR, BJU2&1
     
- Cochran,Wilmer, SM2c, BJU6
     
- Conley, Harold SK3, BJU1
     
- Conner, William Jr, LTjg, BJU1
     
- Cook, Kenneth OSCS, BJU1
     
- Cooper, Dannie ETSN, BJU1
     
- Costilow, James RM1, BJU1
     
- Coutinho, Roy LT, BJU1
     
- Culp, Ralph RM3, BJU2
     
- Davies, David RMCS, BJU1
     
- Davis, Charles T., ET2, BJU2
     
- Denslow, Irving CWO2, BJU2
     
- DeWeese, Jerry RM1, BJU1
     
- Dinsmore, G. Chris, RD2, BJU1
     
- Donaghy, Sam OS1, FCG2
     
- Doornbos, Robert, CWO4, BJU1
     
- Driscoll, Frederic RDm1/c, BJU4
     
- Dunton, Lewis RADM, BJU6
     
- Eason, Charles DP1, BJU1
     
- Eiben, Michael,  LTjg, BJU1
     
- English, Lon RD2, BJU1
     
- Engman, Clayton RM2, BJU1
     
- Everett, Richard ETN2, BJU1
     
- Fahey, Edwatd F. RMC, BJU1
     
- Fallen, David CDR, BJU2
     
- Fanning, Norris RT/2c, BJU7
     
- Frankenfield, Warren RD3, BJU2
     
- Franklin, James OS1, BJU1
     
 
- Members G-L
    
     - Gacek, Chester RM3/c, BJU9
     
- Gallagher, Rodney RMSN, BJU2
     
- Glaza, David OS2, BJU1
     
- Grauten, Henry LTjg., BJU7
     
- Harris, John AE1, BJU11
     
- Hanlon, Charles RD3, BJU2
     
- Harvey, C.Felix LT, BJU2
     
- Havyer, William, ETN2, BJU2
     
- Hayes, Simon, RD3, BJU2
     
- Hendry, James CDR, BJU2
     
- Hennessy, Peter LTjg, BJU2
     
- Hill, Kenneth L. SKCS, BJU2
     
- Hoatson, Norman ET2, BJU1
     
- Hobbs, Jim CAPT, BJU1
     
- Hoffman, Benjamin LTjg, BJU2
     
- Hogan, Joseph ENS, BJU6
     
- Hollers, James PN3, BJU2
     
- Hower, William LTjg, BJU1
     
- Johnson, Joe ET2, BJU2
     
- Johnson, William RMC, BJU1
     
- Jones, Lynn IC3, BJU1
     
- Jones, William, RD2, BJU1
     
- Kenyon, Richard LTjg, BJU2
     
- Kersting, William CAPT, BJU1
     
- Kilburn, Franklin SK2, BJU2
     
- Kisselburg,Ken ETSN, BJU1
     
- Kittelson,Gary, LTjg BJU2
     
- Kreske, Malcom RT/3c, BJU9
     
- Krolak, John, RM3, BJU2
     
- Kropf, Robert ETCS, BJU1
     
- Lando, Robert CDR, BJU4
     
- Lane, Charles RD3, BJU1
     
- LaPointe, Norman, ET3, BJU2
     
- Lasell, Max CAPT, BJU2
     
- Lee, Thurman ENCS, BJU2
     
- Long, John P, CDR, BJU2
     
 
- Members M-S
    
     - MacGilvray, Bruce RD2, BJU1
     
- Maguire, Robert GM/1c, BJU4 & 11
     
- Manfield Jr, John J, QM3, BJU2
     
- Marco, Thomas RD3, BJU1
     
- Marino, Al ENFN, BJU1
     
- Marscher, John LTjg, BJU2
     
- Matula, George GMG1, BJU2
     
- McAndrew, James QM1, BJU2
     
- McBride, Robert LT., BJU2
     
- McCormack, Elmer LCDR, BJU1
     
- McCue, George BM1, BJU2
     
- McGath, Arthur, EN3, BJU2
     
- McGregor, James RM2,  BJU1
     
- McLeod, John EMC, BJU1
     
- McQuade, Patrick EN3, BJU1
     
- Miller, Donald EN2, BJU2
     
- Miller, Herman RMC, BJU2
     
- Miller, Wayne EM2, BJU2
     
- Mohn, Larry ETN2, BJU1
     
- Mohler, Phillip GSCS, BJU1
     
- Moncrief, Phillip LTjg., BJU1
     
- Moore, Charles EN3, BJU2
     
- Moore, Frank SFM2, BJU2
     
- Morrissey, James ET3, BJU2 & 1
     
- Mullen, George LCDR, BJU9
     
- Mulqueen, Jerry RD2, BJU2
     
- Munro, Robert EN3, BJU1
     
- Murphy, Chester CDR, BJU2
     
- Nagel, Roger FN, BJU1
     
- Newberg, Gary ETC, BJU1
     
- Niederer, Otto LT, BJU1 & 2
     
- Oden, Dickie RM2, BJU1
     
- O'Donnell, William EM1, BJU2
     
- Olney, Austin LT, BJU6
     
- Peterson, Thomas PN3, BJU2
     
- Placek, Donald RD2, BJU2
     
- Price, Robert, CDR, BJU2
     
- Prince, Michael OSCS, BJU1
     
- Pollock, Charles LT, BJU2
     
- Rainie, Robert CRM, BJU1&9
     
- Ramsey, Homer RM3, BJU1
     
- Reynolds, Charles, SFM2, BJU2
     
- Richter, Philip RD1, BJU2
     
- Rodolfich, Steve, RM3, BJU1
     
- Root, Larry YN3, BJU1
     
- Ross, Clyde BM3, BJU2
     
- Roy, Robert ETM2/c, BJU6
     
- Rumfield, Stanley, CTM2, BJU1
     
- Sandwick, John QM/2c, BJU3
     
- Ryan, Edward SN, BJU2
     
- Sander, Louis LTjg, BJU2
     
- Scott, James SK2c, BJU10
     
- Seekins, Pearley, EM3, BJU2
     
- Seymour, George ETCM, BJU1
     
- Skinner, William SM /2c, BJU1
     
- Skorheim, Robert LTjg, BJU2
     
- Slattery, Ernest BM1, BJU2
     
- Smither, Danny IC3, BJU1
     
- Stambaugh, Carl RM1, BJU1
     
- Stamper, Michael SFM3, BJU2
     
- Stanley, Eugene, RD2, BJU2
     
- Steffen, Werner CDR, BJU1
     
- Stuber, Richard RMC, BJU1
     
- Summa, Raymond ET3,  BJU2
     
- Sutherland, Donald RD3, BJU1
     
- Swanson, Raynor EWCM, BJU1
     
 
- Members T-Z
    
     - Thomas, Stephen LT, BJU2
     
- Timmons, Edward, RMC, BJU1
     
- Toti, Frank RD3, BJU1
     
- Tucker, Bruce ENFN, BJU2
     
- Tumey, John W. ET2, BJU1
     
- VanWinkle, Daniel, LT, BJU1
     
- Vorndran, Charles RM/2c, BJU5 & 9
     
- Watson, David OSCM, BJU1
     
- Wall, James E. GM3, BJU1
     
- Watson, Richard RMC, BJU1
     
- Wenzlaff, George OSCS, BJU1
     
- Willis, Berry CDR, BJU1
     
- Witherspoon, Charles CDR, BJU1
     
- Wolf, Bernard LTjg, BJU2
     
- Woods, Larry SFM3, BJU1
     
- Wootten, Thomas CDR, BJU1
     
- YellowEagle, James ADJ3, BJU1
     
- Zeiger, Steve ETR2, BJU2
     
 
- - - - -Honorary Associates- - - -
    
- John B. Dwyer, Author, History of Navy Beach Jumpers
    
- Earl O'Neal, Ocracoke Island Historian
    
 
 
  
 
 
   
   
 
  
  
 
 
 
 
  
  
 
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