Obituary of Bobey "Bob" Pearson

PEARSON: Bobey (Bob) Dale Pearson, September 19, 1955 - October 13, 2018 Bob was born in Brandon, Manitoba. At a young age he moved with his family to Rivers, Manitoba. Bob continued to live in Rivers until 1987, when he moved to Brandon. On July 22, 1989 he married his wife of 29 years, Donna (Jones). Bob very much was a man who knew everyone and totally enjoyed meeting new people and going to new places. He had a career for several years in construction and then found the real love of his life on October 1, 1989 when he started working for Paul's Hauling as a truck driver. Bob loved the challenges of the job, the hours, the miles driven, over 3 million, the weather and much more. He received the One Million, Two Million and Three Million mile awards. He also received several 'Driver of the Year' awards. One of his favourite things was to celebrate these achievements with his peers and with Paul Albertson himself. He was definitely a Paul's Hauling company man. To him one of the biggest achievements would have been to put in 30 years at Paul's Hauling as he had just started his 30th year on October 1, 2018. He was very proud of all of his children: Carolyn, Joseph, Tyler and Brendan. Bob and his wife had also foster parented for 25 years and then continued to foster parent their youngest child, Brendan, as an adult. He totally enjoyed showing his children the advantages of good values and hard work and a lot of love. He always took any child under his wing as if they were his own. There were nine children in Bob's family: James, Dale, Shirley, Doreen, Sharon, Rod, Phyllis and Joan. Bob was predeceased by his mom and dad, his brothers James and Dale and their wives Doreen and Louise, also his sister-in-law Jeannette and nephew Jason. Bob always made an attempt to touch base and keep in contact with all his siblings. As far as nieces and nephews and great nieces and nephews, Bob had trouble keeping up and would just say "Who do you belong to?" Bob always had an opinion and was very eager to share it, but he would talk to anyone and would always give anyone a hand. He often advocated on behalf of others, especially his friends and his peers. Bob was always out in the community as he loved to shop and attend Wheat King games, and to be around people, especially with his buddy, Brendan. He often spent hours on the phone in the evenings, checking up with friends and family members. He would love to watch sport games with his son Tyler and often conversed back and forth about scores and plays on the phone, if they couldn't watch together. Bob always had a story and picked up several while on his many travels for work. He often came home with some story about something he had experienced or someone he had met. His adventures were many and the people he met were never forgotten. I will never forget Bob's last trip, when he found out he had leukemia; it was devastating to him as this is the disease that got his dad. In Winnipeg, he went to battle the demon and battle he did. He tried so hard, but his body could not take the stress of the treatment and he fell into sleep with his wife by his side. May you now be at peace, Bobey, and have no pain. We love you and will miss you. Good-bye until we meet again. Donations may be made in Bob's memory to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of Canada, 'Prairie Region', Suite 590, 1212 31st Ave. NE, Calgary, Alberta, T3C 0V9.