Robert "Bob" E. Bragg

October 14, 1927 - June 20, 2020

Robert “Bob” Eugene Bragg, age 92, of Kearney, passed away on Saturday, June 20, 2020 at his home in Kearney. Private family memorial services will be at Living Faith Fellowship Church in Kearney. Memorials may be directed to the family for later designation, or directly to your charity of choice. Cards can be sent to the family, care of the funeral home at HLMK Funeral - 2421 Avenue A – Kearney, NE 68847. Online condolences may be submitted by visiting www.hlmkfuneral.com. Horner Lieske McBride & Kuhl Funeral and Cremation Services in Kearney is in charge of arrangements. Bob was born October 14, 1927 to Clifford and Ruth Bragg in Fairbury, NE. He grew up in Kearney and graduated from Longfellow High School in 1945. He enrolled in Kearney State College but was soon thereafter drafted into the United States Army, serving in Tokyo during the Allied occupation after WW II. On June 6, 1948, he married Dorothy Williams. He worked in sales for Sears Roebuck and Co for thirty years and subsequently as business manager for Kearney Public Schools, retiring in 1990. He was a member of Living Faith Fellowship church, active in the church and community, serving on many committees, boards and in numerous leadership roles, including seventeen years on the KPS school board. Survivors include wife Dorothy; children Laurie (Marc) Sorkin, Highlands Ranch, CO, Leslie Jensby, Kansas City MO, Larry (Susan) Bragg, Kearney; grandchildren Adam Sorkin, Alison Sorkin, Jonathan Sorkin, Matthew (Celi) Jensby, Anne (Mark) Miller, Ross (Emily) Jensby, Ellen (Aaron) Gottlieb; Jared, William, Thomas and Emma Bragg; great-grand children Cayden, Cyvannah and Carlee Jensby, Johnna and Quinn Miller, along with nieces and nephews and many friends. He was preceded in death by his parents; brothers, LeRoy and Harold; sister, Betty Mills.