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Robert Cook "Bob" Dunckley
18 Dec 1866 – 29 Oct 1941
| Birth | 18 Dec 1866 |
| Death | 29 Oct 1941 |
| Cemetery | Hayden Cemetery Hayden , Routt County , Colorado , USA |
| Added by | Anonymus on 13 Sep 2021 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/84033368 |
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ROBERT COOK "BOB" DUNCKLEY FUNERAL SERVICES FOR Robert C. Dunckley Funeral services for Robert Cook Dunckley, for more than 50 years a resident of the Williams Fork country, were held Sunday afternoon at Hayden with Rev. R. L. Wahlquist of Oak Creek officiating. The Heyer mortuary was in charge of the services. Mr. Dunckley passed away Wednesday evening, October 29, at the Oak Creek hospital. He had been in poor health for the past year but had been in the hospital only four or five days. Robert Cook Dunckley was one of the older members of a family of 14 children. His parents came to Canada from Ireland when they were children. They married and lived in Canada. It was in Canada, Ottawa county, Ontario, that Robert was born on December 18, 1866. The Dunckley family moved to Mitchell county in Kansas when he was an infant. His early boyhood was spent in Kansas. He frequently, in recalling his boyhood, told of his his Indian scares, plowing with oxen and herding cattle on foot after the passage of the herd law. In the early eighties, he came with some of the older boys to Summit county, Colorado. John and Richard held a contract for cutting and hauling ties for the old narrow gauge Colorado Midland railroad. Robert, Walt, and Tom worked in the timber with them. Some of the most interesting experiences of these years were choice conversation to Bob in recent years. He enjoyed telling of being paid 10 cents a tie for every perfect tie and how he finally could cut and make 50 ties a day. In July 1887, he and John and John Hindman came to Routt county, where he filed on the homestead claim that later became the Bob Dunckley ranch in Williams park. During the winters, he and some of the older brothers returned to Summit County to work for wages, and came back in the spring of the year. After the Dunckley brothers had cattle to care for, some of them would stay all winter and look after the stock. On July 15, 1884, he and FiDelia ["Della"] Season were married in Steamboat Springs. They lived on the ranch for 47 years. To them were born nine children, Elsie McDaniel, Oak Creek; John F. Dunckley, Lebanon, Oregon; Edith Wolford, Colorado Springs; Ethel Temple, Rawlins, Wyoming; Viola Wandell, Soquille, Oregon; Mildred, who died in infancy; Ralph C. Dunckley, Dunckley ranch; Unice Temple, Dunckley ranch; and Ula, who died in 1937. Bob Dunckley's life was typical of the pioneer spirit. Every situation was met with courage and serenity. to his family and children he represented ideas and character that were not surpassed. His later years were frequently burdened with ill health. During his periods of convalescing he delighted in telling stories of his boyhood in Kansas, his timber work, and exciting trips in Routt county. In the old Dunckley family remain John, George, Walter, Charles, Nelson, and Ella Brooks who lives in Georgia. Steamboat Pilot Transcribed by Carol Moore November 6, 1941 Routt County, Colorado ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
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Siblings
- John Jeremiah Dunckley 1857–1947
- Richard H. "Rich" Dunckley 1859–1922
- George W. Dunckley 1861–1956
- William F Dunckley 1864–1939
- Edward A. "Ned" Dunckley 1870–1941
- Walter Herman Dunckley 1873–1963
- Martha Ann "Anna" Dunckley Sershen 1873–1928
- Charles Wesley Dunckley 1877–1965
- Nelson James "Nels" Dunckley 1880–1960
Children
- John F. Dunckley 1896–1984
- Ethel Dunckley Temple 1900–1996
- Viola Dunckley Wandell 1902–1998
- Ralph Clifford Dunckley 1907–1986
- Unice May Dunckley Temple 1914–1962
- Ula Dunckley Yoast 1916–1937
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