Robert Banks Lindsay
Posted By tatemortuary on May 5, 2011
Robert Banks Lindsay
1945 ~ 2011
Robert Banks Lindsay returned home to his Heavenly Father, May 5th, 2011 after a valiant battle with cancer. Robert was born on February 27, 1945 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Marva Banks and E. Reed Lindsay. He graduated from East High School and then went on to serve a LDS Mission in Southern Germany. There he served an extra year to assist in the opening of the Italian Mission field. Robert returned home and married his wife Mary A. Wegloski on August 18th, 1969 and were later sealed in the Salt Lake LDS Temple February 27, 1976. Together they had four children. Robert soon went on to receive his bachelors degree in Secondary Education from the University of Utah and began teaching US History at Wasatch Junior High for the next 20 years. Robert was an exemplary husband, father, grandfather, coach, and teacher. He spent many years coaching his son’s and countless other children in football, baseball and basketball. At Wasatch Junior High he started the wrestling program, coached track, cross country, basketball and the Academic Team, who this year took first in the National Championship. Robert was a teacher who loved his students and was loved by them in return. His desire was not only to educate, but help his students to become strong individuals with core values and a thirst for more knowledge. He will be sorely missed by his students, the faculty, and the countless others he touched. No one will miss Robert more then his family. He was the foundation on which our family was built. We will always have him in our hearts until we meet again. We love you dad. Robert is survived by his loving wife Mary, his four children Adam (JuLie), Callin (Lisa), Amanda (Michael), and Melissa (Eric) and 13 grandchildren. He is also survived by his sister Margene Conde and his step-mother Velma Lindsay. Funeral Services will be Monday, May 9th at 1:00 p.m. at the Crescent Ridge Stake Center 1235 E 11000 South, Sandy, Utah . A viewing will be prior from 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
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