- Date Of Birth: November 2, 1939
- Date Of Death: October 2, 2016
- State: Idaho
Robert B. Nida, a retired maintenance worker and long-time resident of Cottonwood died at the age of 76 on Sunday, Oct. 2, 2016 from natural causes with his two sons at his side.
Bob was born Nov 2nd, 1939 in Gilman, Wisconsin to Leonard Nida and Bessie Yoder and was raised in Cottonwood. He enlisted in the Air Force, and later married Ruby Haskin Sargent in July 1962 in Grangeville and were later divorced. They had two sons Bryan and Greg. Bob moved his family to Portland, OR where he worked at Barker Furniture as an assembler, returning to live most of his life on the Prairie.
Within the last few years he went to his first Professional Baseball Game, a train ride on the Thunder Mountain Railroad, traveled to see The Battle of the Little Bighorn National Park in Eastern Montana, Yellowstone Park and the Buffalo Bill Museum.
