LOGAN, UTAH: Robert Carl Walborn, 89, of Logan, died Tuesday , May 10, 2011 in Logan. He was born June 3, 1921 in Pequa, Ohio a son of Carl Kenneth and Sena Myrl Heaton Walborn. He was the oldest of three children.
Robert met his wife, Loretta Spillers when he started school in the Fifth grade and she in the third in Maple wood, Ohio. They were married ten years later on August 30, 1941 in Port Jefferson, Ohio. This summer would have marked their 70th wedding anniversary. While he was serving in the United States Army during World War II he came in contact with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and he became a member. In 1951 the family moved west to Preston, Idaho and lived there for eight years. On August 8, 1952 the family was sealed in the Idaho Falls LDS Temple. They later moved to Logan in 1960.
Robert has worked until age 83 as a backyard mechanic where he loved helping many college students with their cars. He spent 33 years with Logan Manufacturing as a machinist. He held many callings in the church where his moist enjoyable calling was that of a greeter on Sunday mornings. He and Loretta served an 18 month mission in Poplar Bluff, MO from 1988-1989.
He is survived by his wife, Loretta, a son, Charles and Edna Walborn, Martinez, Georgia, a son-in-law, Ben and Marie Schiess, River Heights, Utah, a brother, Miles Walborn, Findley, Ohio, 12 grandchildren, Royce and Tana Williams; Richard and Tracie Williams; Robert and Irada Schiess; Suzanne S. and Lynn Gnehm; Carla W. And Kenneth Zielke; Marcos and DeJun Walborn; Sena W. and Lloyd Clark; Dotti W. and Scott McCabe; Rachel W. and Derek Farr; Loretta Lee Walborn; Treva W. and Wayne Gabrish; James and Laurina Walborn, 29 great grandchildren and three great-great grandchildren and many others who call him “Grandpa Bob”
He was preceded in death by his daughter, Sylvia Schiess, his sister, Neva June Comer.
Funeral services will be held Saturday at 11:00 am in the Logan 14th Ward chapel, 94 West 600 South. There will be a viewing on Friday evening from 6-8 pm at the Allen-Hall Mortuary and at the church on Saturday from 9:30 - 10:30 am. Interment will be in the Logan City Cemetery. Condolences and memories may be shared with the family online at
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