Robert Victor Plank

Family and friends will mourn the passing of Robert, born June 12, 1931 in Beatrice, Nebraska and passed away August 21, 2016 in his home in Redlands, California. His parents were Rexford and Caroline Plank of Beatrice, Nebraska. He was preceded in death by his brother, Clarence Plank, his first wife Suzanne Plank and sister-in-law Betty Kampfe.
He graduated from high school in Beatrice, Nebraska in 1949 and furthered his education at the Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD, graduating in 1953. This was followed by a career in the Air Force.
He served in Vietnam, 1971-72 and had assignments at Wright-Patterson, Chanute, Moffett, Holloman, Norton Air Force Bases and retired from Vanderberg Air Force Base and returned to Redlands to live and work for TRW.
He earned a Master's Degree from Stanford in engineering and was a member of San Bernardino Masonic Lodge, a 50-year member of Nebraska Masonic Lodge, Scottish Rite 33 degree, National Sojourners, Al Malaikah Shrine Club and several engineering organizations.
He is survived by his wife, Nancy Gould-Plank, daughter Barbara Long and her husband from Boulder City, Nevada; granddaughters Shannon Hite and Kaitlyn Long of Henderson , Nevada, niece Peggy Hesse and her husband Jim of Manassas, Virginia, grandniece Ashley Bang and her husband Chris and grandnephew Andrew Hesse and his wife Pora also from Virginia, and great grandchildren and great grandniece and nephew.
He will be missed by those lives he touched and whose lives touched him.
Funeral Services will be Friday, September 9, 2016, 11:00am at Emmerson Bartlett Memorial Chapel, 703 Brookside Avenue, Redlands, California 92399. Interment will be the same day at 1:00pm, Riverside National Cemetery, 22495 Van Buren Boulevard, Riverside, California 92518.