Robert "Bob" Joseph Marquardt, 59 of rural Haynes, ND passed away suddenly on November 14, 2019 at the West River Regional Medical Center in Hettinger, ND.  Burial with Full Military Honors will be at Black Hills National Cemetery near Sturgis, SD on Friday, November 22, 2019 at 1:00 p.m.

Bob was born November 29, 1959 in Cook County, IL to Charles and Lavonne Marquardt.  Bob attended Nogales High School in La Puente, CA.  He then joined the US Army in 1977 at Fr. Dix, NJ and spent one year in Korea and 18 months in Luisiana.  Shortly after his honorable discharge from the Army in 1980, he joined the US Navy.  Bob served in the Navy from 1980 to 1984 in the western Pacific and traveled to Hawaii, the Phillipines, Singapore, Mobasa, Australia and Japan.  After being honorably discharged from the Navy, Bob worked security for 16 years, also becoming an EMT during this time.  He finished his career as a long-haul truck driver for Swift Transportation, during which time he got to travel through almost all of the 48 continental United States.

Bob was a longtime Mason and an avid gun enthusiast who proudly supported the 2nd Amendment.  He loved all things military and tactical and was proud of his service in the armed forces.  At the time of his death, he was wearing his new Trump 2020 cap.  Bob never missed voting in an election and the Republicans could always count on his vote.  He enjoyed spending the last years of his life with family, especially his great nieces and nephews.

Bob is survived by his brothers, Martin Marquardt and Timothy Marquardt, his sisters, Kathryn Carter and Melissa Marquardt, his aunt Marilyn Marquardt, his nieces, Bonnie (Michael) Wells, Stephanie (Stephen) Perry, Crystal Carter, Monique Ruiz, nephew Corey Carter, his great nieces and great nephwes, Earl, Raylan, Boyd, Daisy and Michael, Jr. Wells, Chloe Marquardt, Toni-Lynn Marquardt, Sydnie, Sienna and Sawyer Perry, Lucas and Landon Carter and Hayden, Kendell and Olivia Carter.

Bob was preceded in death by his parents Charles and Lavonne Marquardt and his step mother, Lois Marquardt.