Feb 24, 1932-Apr 17, 2021. On April 17, 2021, Robert “Bob” Carl Suggs, PhD, 89, passed away peacefully at his home in Boise ID, due to heart failure. Son of Middleton O. and Almira Barnes Suggs, he grew up in Byram, CT, graduating from Greenwich High School in 1949. He interrupted his college years by serving in US Marine Corps, married Rachel Brown, a Greenwich RN, in Sept. 1951, returned to obtain his BA, MA, and PhD degrees in Anthropology at Columbia University, NYC. He spent 17 months doing archaeology on the Polynesian Marquesan island of Nuku Hiva. He was the author of more than 8 books, on a variety of subjects from archeology to Alexander the Great to nuclear survival. After years of private, government jobs and attaining the rank of Captain in the USNR, he retired to teach karate and lecture on cruise ships for the next 15 years. He moved to Boise ID to be near family in 1999.
Bob was preceded in death by his brother William, two children Jennifer and Wayne. He leaves behind his loving wife of 69 1/2 years Rachel, his son Donald Suggs, 2 granddaughters Emma and Eva Suggs, and Terri Suggs. He will live in the hearts and minds of family and friends.
Interment took place in the Idaho State Veteran Cemetery, May 12.
