Bob was born, raised and educated in Saskatchewan, Canada. After graduating high school, he apprenticed as a Linotype Operator andlater became editor and publisher of two different weekly newspapers. Bob left that business to attend the University of Saskatchewan, where he graduated with a B.A. in Psychology.Bob and his wife then moved to British Columbia, where he worked in traffic safety as a consultant. After ten years in that business, he and his wife moved to BC Interior, where he had a small hobby farm. Upon the death of his wife, Bob moved to a senior residence in Salmon Arm, where he now resides.