Robert Howard Blanpied

Robert Howard Blanpied, 79, passed away Sunday, April 13, 2014.Funeral services will be held from 6 to 7 p.m. Friday at the LDS Saginaw Chapel, 300 Ridgecrest Drive, Saginaw, 76179. Inurnment will occur at a later date in Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery. Friends and family are invited to attend the viewing from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. Friday.In lieu of flowers, please consider making a donation to LDS Philanthropies at the following website:  http://www.ldsphilanthropies.org/ humanitarian-services/Bob was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, on February 6, 1935, to Doris Sophia Koehler and Charles Howard Blanpied. He attended Ogden High School where he met his sweetheart of 57 years, Carollon Blanpied. Bob graduated cum laude in 1957 with a degree in chemistry from Colorado College and served honorably as a captain in the Ordnance Corps. In 1994, the EPA recognized Bob’s work with the Ozone Protection award. Bob was passionate about his work, intensely curious, and loved music from jazz and blues to Beethoven. He will be remembered by friends and family as a soulful, sensitive, inquisitive and playful man who appreciated the sweet moments life offers.Bob is survived by his wife, Carollon Blanpied; daughters, Kelly Blanpied and her husband John Sabato, Joni Bown and her husband Gary Bown, Leslie Overton and her husband Todd Overton, Hope Robinson and her husband Tony Robinson, and Sherry Ballard and her husband Scott Ballard; 21 grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.