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Robert “Bob” Walter Schoessler passed away peacefully at the Hospice House of Spokane on Sept. 2, 2022 at the age of 79 after a long and difficult road with Alzheimer’s.

Bob was born on Nov. 16, 1942 in Ritzville, Wash. to Walter and Ann Schoessler joining older sister Marva. He grew up on the family’s wheat farm north of Ritzville, but he developed a passion for animals and being a cowboy. At an early age, he was riding horses and learning to rope. Bob and his friend Gary Templin would pack up their horses and ride to Sprague Lake or towards the Wenatchee area to go camping. At on...