Robert Charles “Bob” Dorssom, age 78, of Lancaster, Kansas passed away Saturday, November 16, 2019, at Medicalodge of Atchison.

Memorial services will be at 11:00 a.m. Friday, November 22, 2019, at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Lancaster, Kansas, with Rev. Emily McQuillan officiating. Interment of cremated remains will follow in Lancaster Cemetery. Memorial contributions are suggested to St. John’s Lutheran Church and may be left in care of the Arensberg-Pruett Funeral Home with whom care has been entrusted. Condolences and memories may be shared at www.arensbergpruett.com.

Bob was born on June 9, 1941, in Lancaster, Kansas, the son of Charles and Virginia (Alban) Dorssom. He graduated from Atchison County Community High School in 1959.

He and Rosemary Roudebush were married on October 16, 1960, in Lancaster, Kansas; they later divorced. To this union three children were born, Matt, Janette and April.  On July 31, 2004, Bob and Floretta S. Watts were united in marriage in Atchison, Kansas.

Bob began his employment as an operator for the Lancaster Township. He worked in Kansas City as a welder for a few years before he began farming on the family farm. Bob then began as a truck driver, where he drove for Keim Trucking for over fifteen years.  After he stepped away from truck driving, he ended his career right as he began it-as an operator for the Lancaster Township.

He was a member of St. John’s Lutheran Church in Lancaster. He was an avid outdoorsman, where he enjoyed spending his free time hunting, mushroom hunting and fishing; he loved his dog, Halle Barrie.

Survivors include his wife, Floretta Dorssom, of the home in Lancaster, KS; a son, Matt (Kim) Dorssom, Lancaster, KS; two daughters, Janette (John Giannangeli) Dorssom, Westminster, CO, April (Bobby) Park, Lee’s Summit, MO; step-son, Billy Sechler, Fredonia, KS; step-daughters, Michelle (Jeff) Talley, St. Joseph, MO, Daleana Sechler, St. Joseph, MO, Sandra Sechler, St. Joseph, MO, Raycee Sechler, Elwood, KS, Kim (Mika) Bottorff, Wathena, KS; brothers, Steve (Joyce) Dorssom, Prairie Village, KS, Harold (Lou Ann) Dorssom, Lincoln, NE; a sister, Mary McQuillen, Edgerton, MO; sisters-in-law, Martha Dorssom. Lawrence, KS, Dyna Dorssom, Warrensburg, MO; four grandchildren, fourteen step grandchildren, one great grandchild and twenty-one step great grandchildren.

Bob was preceded in death by his parents, brothers, David Lawrence Dorssom and James Edward Dorssom, and a brother-in-law, Roy McQuillen.