I received an email from  Deril “Oogie” Schmitt telling me that his friend Bob Rascoe passed away on December, 21, 2025. In Genoa, Nevada. He moved there with his wife, Pat Finnelly in 2023. Bob and Pat dated in high school and reconnected again in 2018 and were married in 2020. Pat passed away in April of 2024.

The 1955 yearbook says Bob was Class president, Varsity Club president, was in the band for 4 years, played football for 4 years, played tennis, basketball and baseball. It would have been hard not to know who Bob was if you were going to Trona High School from 1952 to 1955. I’m sorry I can’t tell you more about his life after high school.

Our condolences to his family.