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Robert (Bob) was born April 4, 1915 in Minneapolis, Minnesota and passed away peacefully, at Good Samaritan in Pine River, Minnesota, on June 23, 2016, at the age of 101. His interests include fishing, golfing, ceramics, stained glass windows, taxidermy and of course was an expert gardener.

He graduated from Roosevelt H. S. in 1933 and attended the Univ. of Minn. majoring in Horticulture.

On June 1, 1937 he married Florence Seaman, sharing 52 years of marriage.

He served in the United States Army from April 1945 to May 1946.

Bob founded Tonkadale Greenhouses in Minnetonka, Mn in 1947, where he specialized in African Violets.

Considered a pioneer, he developed over 200 new cultivars. During his career he grew to include spring bedding plants and Christmas poinsettia plants. He sold Tonkadale to Bill Maruska in 1978 who expanded products and services for todays clientele.

Upon retirement Bob and Florence moved to Crosslake where Bob donated his time, talent and energy. Bob worked with the DNR and was Co-chairman of the Natural Resources Committee to build the fish population for the Whitefish chain of lakes. He helped design and build the Crosslake baseball field to allow for positive drainage and provided landscape plantings for the Immaculate Heart parish. As a member of the Whitefish Golf Course he volunteered an enormous amount of time and energy to design, build and expand the Whitefish Golf Course from nine holes to eighteen.

Preceded in death by his wife Florence, his brothers Norman and Earl, and his sisters Ruth and Lillian.

Survived by his two children Karen Nagengast and Gerald Anderson, his eight grandchildren: Todd, Troy, Tate, Tammy, Travis, Denee, Amanda and Elizabeth; and seventeen great grandchildren: Kelsey, Tara, Amber, Alexander, Nicholas, Heather, Amanda, Valerie, Ryan, Danielle, Tyler, Addison, Allison, Emma, Dylan, Liam, and Lily.[[In-content Ad]]

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