Robert John Vantiger

ROBERT JOHN VANTIGER

Mount Union

Robert John Vantiger, 82, of Mount Union, passed away at 1:42 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020, at Great River Medical Center Klein Center. Funeral Mass will be 10 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 19, at St. Mary Catholic Church of Dodgeville. Burial will be in Trinity Cemetery in Mount Union. Visitation will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 18, at Snyder & Hollenbaugh Funeral & Cremation Services of Mediapolis, formerly the Hagele and Honts Funeral Home.

Memorials have been established for Yarmouth Fire Station or St. Mary Church of Dodgeville.

Sympathy notes may be left for the family at www.sandhfuneralservice.com.

Robert John Vantiger was born Feb. 17, 1937, in West Point, Iowa, the son of Ben and Angela Vantiger. The family moved to Mount Union, where Bob graduated in 1955 from Yarmouth High School. He was in the National Guard at Burlington. Bob enjoyed farming and fixing things and had a radiator shop.

Bob married Freida Sanburg at St. John's Catholic Church in Burlington. They were blessed with three children, John (Jodi) Vantiger of Mount Union, Teresa (Mick) Friedel of Mediapolis and Tom (Lori) Vantiger of Peosta; eight grandchildren, Jordan, Ross and Whitney Vantiger, Justin and Matt Friedel and Aubrey, and Bryn and Kaitlyn Vantiger. He also is survived by siblings, Jim Vantiger and Fred Vantiger of Mount Union and Wilma Anderson of Mediapolis; and several nieces and nephews.

Bob was preceded in death by his parents.