Robert Milton Durham

April 16, 1931 - January 18, 2021

Robert Milton Durham was born April 16, 1931 to Rev. Clayton and Stella Durham in Florence, NJ. He passed away in N.K.C.H. Hospice care peacefully on January 18, 2021. Bob married Jane Dunstan in 1953 and after her passing, married Joan Lee Christman on July 20, 1974. The lord blessed both of them with singing voices and they sang together for 35 years until Bob began losing his voice. While living in New Jersey, he organized and led the campground ministries in Willamstown, NJ for 6 years. He also was the worship leader at the First Wesleyan church in Florence, NJ. Bob worked for U.S. Pipe in Burlington, NJ for 39 yrs, and was their chief Estimator the last 7 yrs before the company closed the business. A competitor, Shenango Industries in Terre Haute, Indiana hired him as their sales manager, working until he retired. Bob & Joan then moved to Mt. Moriah, MO. Attending the Baptist church in town he became the worship leader and was ordained as a Deacon. In 2000 they moved to Salinas, CA where they started church services at the Salinas Care Center running it for almost 4 yrs. Before settling down in Carmel By the Sea, CA. In 2016 the couple moved back to Bethany, MO attending the Bible Baptist church. He was preceded in death by his parents, his son Robert Jr., sisters Grace (Horace) Estelow, Jean (Dave) Petty and Doris Durham. Brother Clayton (Alice) Durham and his first wife Jane Dunstan Durham, Grandson Jamie Lee Christman and Granddaughter Theresa Christman. He is survived by his wife Joan of 46 yrs, daughters Gloria (Joseph) DiBiase of Cherry Hill, NJ. Kathleen (Mark) Nettesheim of Monterey, CA. Son Chris (Ann) Christman II of Bethany, MO. Mark Christman of Gladstone, MO. Along with 14 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.