San Bernardino County Obituaries

George Robert "Bob" Sauer

Submitted by Peggy Hooper 27 Feb 2008

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Redlands Daily Facts; 2/15/2008

George Robert "Bob" Sauer, a longtime resident of Redlands and Yucaipa, died of complications 
of Parkinson's disease Feb. 10 at his home in Yucaipa. He was 91. 

He was born in Sarona, Wis., to John and Hannah Sauer, attended the two-room Sarona school 
through eighth grade and graduated from Rice Lake High School in 1934. 

After high school, he studied automotive engineering at the Dunwoody Institute in Minneapolis, 
then returned to Sarona to help run the family dairy and service station. 

At that time, he played the trumpet, bass fiddle, piano and drums with two bands and started 
his own band called Bob Sauer and the Rhythmaires. 

He married Mary Becker of Sarona on Oct. 30, 1941, and they lived on the family farm until 1946, 
when he went to work for Standard Oil Co. in nearby Rice Lake, Wis. 

He moved on to outside automotive sales, and the family moved from Rice Lake to Brainerd, Minn. 

In 1956 he went to work for AC/Delco in Los Angeles as a district manager and moved his family 
to Redlands. 

After he retired from General Motors in 1980, he continued working, first as a teacher for the 
Colton-Redlands-Yucaipa Regional Occupational Program and later as an auto parts warehouse 
salesman. 

In 1991 he was featured in "Ripley's Believe it or Not" for novelty caps he made called Klock 
Kaps, baseball caps with working clocks on the front. 

He volunteered with Mexican Christian Children's Aid, supplying clothes and food to orphanages 
in Baja California. 
He continued his membership in the Rice Lake, Wis., Elks Lodge and, until illness prevented him 
from attending services, he was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Redlands 
(now Holy Name of Jesus Catholic Church). He was an usher most of the years he attended 
Sacred Heart. 

He also enjoyed fishing and was a wood craftsman. 

He lived in Redlands for many years and had lived in Yucaipa for the past 30 years. 

His wife died in 2001. 

Survivors include his four daughters, Ann Rice of Redlands, Mary Lou Williams and husband 
Chuck of Prescott, Ariz., Susan Lavander and husband Charles of Redlands and Margaret 
Brown and husband Dale of Big Bear Lake; eight grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. 

Visitation is 5 to 8 p.m. today, with rosary today at 7 p.m., both at Cortner Chapel, 221 
Brookside Ave., Redlands. Mass will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 16, at Holy 
Name of Jesus Catholic Church, 115 W. Olive Ave., Redlands. Burial will be private, at 
Hillside Memorial Park.