Robert Lee Shervin died April 28. He was 89. The following was provided by his family.
Bob came to this valley at his birth on June 15, 1933, and left the valley on April 28. In the years in between he raised his family, built businesses and served his community surrounded by the mountains he loved.
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A Jackson Hole original. We often disagreed, but I was often wrong.
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