IT IS WITH DEEP SADNESS AND SORROW THAT WE ANNOUNCE THE PASSING OF ROBERT WILLIAM KAHOOT, LOVINGLY KNOWN TO ALL AS GRANDPA BOB, ON SEPTEMBER 16TH, 2026, PEACEFULLY WITH HIS FAMILY BY HIS SIDE. 

BORN IN SASKATCHEWAN ON APRIL 22, 1938, BOB KAHOOT GREW UP IN YORKTON. HOCKEY WAS HIS PASSION AND HE WENT ON TO PLAY MIDGET HOCKEY IN YORKTON AND WENT ON TO JOIN THE MELVILLE MILLIONAIRES, COLORADO COLLEGE TIGERS AND THE KENORA THISTLES. 

HE MOVED TO KENORA IN 1964, WITH HIS WIFE BRENDA AND TAUGHT MATH AND COACHED FOOTBALL AT BEAVER BRAE SECONDARY SCHOOL UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT. AFTER MOVING TO KEEWATIN HE EVENTUALLY BECAME THE MAYOR AND WAS ABLE TO BRING KEEWATIN A MUCH NEEDED NEW ARENA. IN RETIREMENT HE SPENT MANY HOURS WITH HIS NEW FOUND PASSION OF CARPENTRY, HELPING HIS KIDS AND GRANDKIDS WITH MANY PROJECTS. 

ROBERT WILLIAM KAHOOT SHARED HIS LIFE AND LOVE WITH HIS DEVOTED SPOUSE BRENDA AND THEIR THREE CHILDREN KEVIN, KAREN AND KIM. HE ALSO LEAVES BEHIND 7 GRANDKIDS, KODI, KOLTON, KOURTNEY, KEATON, NICK, ALEX AND ANNA. ALSO GRIEVING HIS DEPARTURE ARE 3 GREAT GRANDKIDS; KARLY, KARSON AND KLARA.

 “GRANDPA BOB “ GAVE OF HIMSELF TIRELESSLY FOR HIS KIDS, GRANDKIDS AND GREAT GRANDKIDS RIGHT UP TO THE END OF HIS LIFE ... HE WAS ALWAYS THERE WHENEVER SOMEONE NEEDED HELP, ADVICE OR GUIDANCE. HIS LEGACY AND MEMORIES WILL BE ETCHED IN THE HEARTS OF ALL THAT KNEW HIM 

A CELEBRATION OF LIFE WILL FOLLOW AT A LATER DATE IN EAR FALLS