Robert Dean Bradshaw, 91, of Friendship Village in Waterloo, Iowa, died at Covenant Medical Center on Tuesday, July 21, 2015.

Bob was born April 4, 1924, in Creston, Iowa, the son of Charles and Myrtle McGregor Bradshaw. He married Alice “Arlene” Miller on July 13, 1947 in Waterloo. She died December 28, 2009.

Bob graduated from Dunkerton High School in 1941, attended Gates Business College, University of Kentucky, and then Walton School of Commerce where he graduated in 1947 with a BS Degree in Accounting. He worked for 30 years at Rath Packing Co. including 1973 to 1980 as Corporate Controller. Bob then worked for Clarke Checks, Inc. retiring in 1989 as Chief Financial Officer and then was a consultant and Profit Sharing Trustee until 1997.

Bob served in the U.S. Army from 1943 to 1946. He was past president of Waterloo Chapter of the Institute of Management Accountants and a past National Director of the Institute of Management Accountants. He was a member of the Stuart Cameron McLeod Society. Bob was active in and an officer of the Friendship Village Auxiliary and chaired the Village Place Resident Council for three years. He enjoyed sports, reading, and genealogy. Bob spent many hours on genealogy websites and was able to compile his family history through 35 generations, tracing his mother’s family back to 650AD and his father’s to 950AD.

Bob was a member of Westminster Presbyterian Church, and had been a long-time member of South Waterloo Church of the Brethren where he had been Moderator, Treasurer, Board Chair, Deacon, Senior High Youth Leader, and Adult Sunday School Teacher. He was a member of the Waterloo Kiwanis Club and had served as fundraising chair for the YWCA. He was the recipient of the Mayor’s Lifetime Volunteer Service Award in 2012.

He is survived by his son Mark Bradshaw and granddaughters, Elizabeth and Madeleine Bradshaw, all of Austin, Texas. Bob was preceded in death by his parents, wife, son Kevin L. Bradshaw, brother Dale “Mac” Bradshaw, and sister Helen J. Meyers.