Obituary

Here is Bob's obiturary from The Register-Guard: http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/dt.cms.support.viewStory.cls?cid=32681&sid=16&fid=1

Robert Lum

A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 8, at the First Baptist Church of Springfield for Robert Wayne “Bob” Lum of Eugene, who died Dec. 4 of lung cancer. He was 64.

He was born Sept. 8, 1943, in Astoria to John and Clara Wong Lum. He married Jean Roberts on April 8, 1979, in Santa Barbara, Calif.

He graduated from high school in Astoria and from Brooks Institute of Photography in Santa Barbara.

He served in the U.S. Army from 1968 to 1969, during the Vietnam War, as a photographer and cook. He was a custom knife maker and designer specializing in Japanese and Chinese swords. He also managed the Shutterbug at Valley River Center.

Survivors include his wife; a son, Eli of Mountain View, Calif.; and two brothers, Ronald of Napa, Calif., and James of Colorado Springs, Colo.

Inurnment will be at West Lawn Memorial Park in Eugene. Arrangements by West Lawn Memorial Park & Funeral Home in Eugene. Remembrances to children’s programs at First Baptist Church of Springfield.

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  1. From all of us here at Mr. Lum's alma mater, Brooks Institute, we send our deepest condolensces to the family and friends of Mr. Bob Lum.

    - Brooks Institute & the Alumni Association of Brooks Institute
    http://alumni.brooks.edu

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