Roert Charles Kimble
Obituaries
Grand Junction Daily Sentinel page 3D Obituary - May 24, 2020
Robert Charles
Kimble
March 2, 1925 - May 20, 2020
Robert C. Kimble, retired Air
Force Lieutenant Colonel, died
March 20, 2020, at HopeWest
Hospice Care Center, he was 95.
Col Kimble was born in
Franklin, NJ on March 2, 1925,
the son of Clarence and Ophelia
Kimble. He grew up in Warwick,
NY where he graduated from
high school. He enlisted in the
Army Air Corps in 1943, and
was commissioned a Second
Lieutenant and pilot in 1944.
He flew bombers in WWII. His
postwar assignments included
duty at several bomber bases,
a tour on the Air Staff at HQ
USAF, assignment on the staff
at the Air Force Academy, a
tour of duty at Allied Air Forces
Southern Europe and a tour of
duty in Vietnam where he flew
105 Combat Support missions in
the C-130. At the time of his retirement, he was Assistant Deputy
Chief of Staff Plans and Operations at HQ Command, Bolling
AFB in Washington, DC. He was a graduate of the University of
Maryland and also the Air Force Command and Staff College.
His decorations include two Meritorious Service Medals, the Joint
Service Commendation Medal, two Air Medals, three Air Force
Commendation Medals and numerous service ribbons. He was a
life member of the Military Officers Association, a life member of
the Air Force Association and a life member of the VFW.
He is survived by two children from his previous marriage
to Marguerite Buttell, daughter, Susan Trujillo of Clifton, CO
and son, Robert of Fruita, CO; four grandchildren; eight greatgrandchildren; a great-great-grandson and several nieces and
nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents; one brother, and
his late wife, Doroth