Journal: Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society
Volume: JETS 46:1 (Mar 2003)
Article: Memorials
Author: Anonymous

JETS 46:1 (March 2003) p. 179

Memorials

ROBERT BERNARD ASHER

Robert Bernard Asher was born in Chicago, IL, on June 15, 1941, the oldest of three children born to Sam Asher and Edwina Deuschle. Robert’s father was Jewish and his mother was Gentile. At age nine, Robert’s parents divorced and he moved with his father to Burbank, CA. There, Robert’s step-mother sent him to a Protestant church where he received Christ as savior. Later, when Robert was sixteen, his father died, and Robert returned to Chicago and lived with his Jewish aunt and uncle.

Robert enlisted in the Air Force and while in Sunnyvale, CA met Linda Louise Parker in 1964. They were married on May 15, 1965 at the Orthodox Presbyterian Church. Robert and Linn then moved to Stillwater, OK where Bob obtained his B.S. degree in 1969, his M.S. in 1971, and his Ph.D. in 1974, all from Oklahoma State University, and all in Electrical Engineering. Three daughters were born during their stay in Oklahoma: Christina Dawn, Kimberly Diane, and Heidi Darlene.

Robert worked for twenty years at the Sandia National Laboratory in Albuquerque, NM, and had more than fifty journal and conference publications in engineering. He was very active for the Lord, served as an elder in several churches, director of adult Christian education, taught Sunday School classes, and filled pulpits. He served part-time as academic Dean and Professor of Old Testament at Albuquerque Bible College from 1991–1999, and as associate professor of Old Testament and Semitics at Trinity South-western University from 1995 until his death. Robert was a visionary and the resident theologian at his church. He loved to read, study, and research. He had a sensitive heart, was an encourager, helpful, and creative. He delivered a paper at our society’s Nashville meeting in 2000, and had an article on Isaiah 35 published in the Chafer Theological Journal. Robert had been a member of the Evangelical Theological Society for twelve years.

Robert died at work of a massive heart attack on Monday, February 25, 2002. He lived 61 years, S months, and 10 days. Hundreds of persons from the Sandia Laboratory attended Robert’s funeral at the Hoffmantown Baptist Church. Robert is buried in the Sunset Memorial Park, Albuquerque, NM.

Left to mourn his passing are his wife Linn; daughter Christina and her husband Craig Buchanan with their sons Ryan, Bret, and Shane; daughter Kimberly; daughter Heidi and her husband Stephen Giebel, all of Albuquerque; brother Don and his wife Donna of Valparaiso, IN; and sister Diana of Chicago.

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