I was born in Arkansas on October 31, 1929, reared in Pennsylvania and Indiana, and obtained my higher education at Purdue (1951) and Indiana (1952) Universities. Melody Webb has been a wonderful wife, a wonderful care-giver to one who lost almost all his hearing, a wonderful friend, and a wonderful professional colleague.
My second marriage, from 1980 to my demise, was highly successful from beginning to end.
Don is a lawyer and corporate executive, Phil an astrophysicist. Personally, from my first marriage I have two sons, Donald Warner and Philip Lee. Within a fairly narrow context, I think I have lived a pretty successful professional life. When and how I died will have to be filled in after I die. By the time you read this, I will have checked out and perhaps had my ashes scattered over the big rock in Logan Canyon, Utah, where Melody and I first connected in 1973. Melody insists that I write my own obituary, which makes sense. You can also learn more about his work at. The following includes excerpts from Robert Utley’s obituary, written in July 2013 (with updates from 2015, 2016, 2022). I’m sending it as he wrote it in his own inimitable style.”
Several years ago, I asked him to write his own obituary because I would undoubtedly forget important aspects of his distinguished career. He died June 7 th, from complications of a simple surgery, at the age of 92. “Robert Utley was a founder and past president of the Western History Association.
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