Robert "Bob" Leroy Webb

Robert “Bob” Leroy Webb, a devoted husband, father, grandfather, dairyman, and community leader, passed away peacefully on August 9, 2025, at the age of 86.

Bob was born on May 21, 1939, in Montrose, Colorado, to Donald and Della Webb of Olathe. His early childhood was shaped by the hardship of his father serving in World War II. While his father bravely served overseas, enduring the Bataan Death March and surviving as a prisoner of war, Bob, his mother, and sister lived with his grandmother in Olathe. He went six years without seeing his father. When they were not living with his grandmother during the war, he lived in Montrose.

Bob attended Olathe Elementary and Johnson Elementary in Montrose before continuing his education at Olathe High School. He was an active student who played basketball, ran track, and was an avid outdoorsman. Hunting and fishing were lifelong passions—whether it was elk, deer, antelope, bear, bobcats, pheasants, geese, or bighorn sheep, Bob embraced Colorado’s great outdoors with enthusiasm.

During high school at Olathe, he met the love of his life, Charlotte Sumner. In 1958, Bob graduated from Olathe High School. Bob and Charlotte married on November 7, 1959, in Delta, Colorado, and shared 66 years of love and partnership while raising three children.

Bob attended Pueblo Junior College, earning a degree in Diesel Mechanics while working at Colorado Fuel & Iron (CF&I). He later began engineering studies at Colorado State University but chose to return home with Charlotte to start their family and worked on the family farm in Pea Green, Colorado. At the time, the farm raised chickens, turkeys, and dairy cows, producing poultry for much of the Western Slope of Colorado. Bob discovered his true calling in dairy farming and, in 1963, purchased the dairy operation, relocating two miles west of Olathe.

Together, Bob and Charlotte built one of the region’s most respected dairy farms, milking more than 1,200 Holstein cows and farming around 600 acres to support the herd. Their son, Jim Webb, and son-in-law, John Gibson, were both part of Webb Dairy. In 2008, they launched Rocking W Cheese & Milk to bring added value to the Webb Dairy operation. For over 63 years, Bob poured his heart into Webb Dairy, caring for his cows, stewarding the land, and nurturing a legacy rooted in hard work, dedication, and family pride.

Bob was deeply involved in his community—serving as a 4-H leader for many years, playing city recreation basketball in Delta and Montrose, and being a lifetime member of the Montrose Elks, serving on the Olathe Potato Growers' Co-op Board, Olathe FFA Ag Advisory Board, member of the Western Colorado Dairymen's Association. Above all, he was a proud supporter of his family’s activities, rarely missing an athletic game for his children and later cheering on his grandchildren in both high school and college sports.

In addition to his love for farming, Bob enjoyed riding horses in the mountains, going side-by-side riding to explore Colorado’s rugged beauty, and swimming. Later in life, he participated in the Senior Olympics as a competitive swimmer.

Bob is survived by his loving wife, Charlotte (Sumner) Webb; daughter Sonya (Webb) Hood and her husband John, and their daughter Margo (Hood) Lenz and husband David, and their two children (David and John Lenz); daughter Caryn (Webb) Gibson and her husband John, and their children Terrica (Gibson) Garrison and husband Cutter Garrison, and their three boys (Riggin, Reece, & Real Garrison); Tasha Gibson and Dakota Coats and their daughter (Tazie Coats) and ; Taylor Gibson; son James (Jim) Webb who passed away in 2022 daughters Skylyn Webb; Joyclie Webb; and Melissa Webb.

Bob’s life was a testament to resilience, love, and dedication. His legacy will live on through his family, the land he cared for, and the values he instilled in all who knew him.

The funeral service and celebration of life will be on Saturday, August 16th, 2025, at 3:00 p.m. at the Bible Baptist Church, 112 Main Street, Olathe, Colorado.