Robert Bahls

Robert Orene Bahls, 77, formerly of Lambert, died April 20, 2022, at the nursing home in Wibaux.

Nicknamed Butch by his mother, he was born Aug. 24, 1944, in Sidney, the son of Robert and Edna (Burgess) Bahls. He was raised on a farm north of Lambert, went to a country school at 3 Buttes which is still standing today. When the weather was nice, Bobby and his sister, Elaine “Laney”, would ride horses to school.

He liked old cars, trucks and telling jokes, but he especially liked John Deere tractors. He would attend many auction sales collecting tractors. He could always be found working on a John Deere. He participated in many parades either on horseback, tractors or in cars. He also enjoyed entering and driving in tractor pulls around the area. He was a member of the Culbertson Threshing Bee for many years and served as president of the association for a while. He would get on the radio Buy & Sell and advertise his tractors for sale.

On Sept. 7, 1985, he married Lorean Curnutt.

When he left the farm and moved to Sidney, he would take his daily walk to Millers Corner to visit with the guys, or you could see him around town riding in his Flex Car.

Oct. 3, 2015, was the saddest day for Bob, it was the day he held an antique tractor auction at his home in Sidney and sold all his tractors.

He moved to the Culbertson Nursing Home, then went to The Lodge in Sidney before moving to the nursing home in Wibaux.

He is survived by his children, Charles, John and Rhonda; sisters, Elaine “Laney” Hill of Lambert and Linda Hanson of Sidney; and his special friend, Patti Schwenke.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Lorean Bahls.

Funeral services were held Tuesday, April 26, at Fulkerson’s Memorial Chapel in Sidney. Burial was at the Sidney Cemetery.