ROBERT "BOB" DEAN HOLLARS 
      October 4, 1936 - June 22, 2022
             Residence: Oroville, CA

Robert "Bob" Dean Hollars, age 85, passed away peacefully in his home with his wife Valarie by his side, in Oroville, California, on Wednesday June 22, 2022, while in hospice care, from complications of advanced Parkinson's Disease. Bob was born in Long Beach, California, October 4, 1936, to his parents, Dorothy Marie (nee Campbell) and Donald Dean Hollars.
Bob's parents relocated Bob and his beloved sister, Donna (who predeceased Bob only a year ago) to Palo Alto when Bob was about eight years old. Bob completed his schooling in Palo Alto, graduating from Palo Alto High School in 1954. Bob would frequently regale family and friends with amusing, heartwarming stories from this period of his life. He was often heard to say this was truly one of the best periods in his entire life. He remained in contact with Palo Alto High School friends and classmates throughout his life and so looked forward to the high school reunions. I don't think he ever missed one of his high school reunions.
Bob served two years in the Navy after graduating from high school. This also was a period in his life he thoroughly enjoyed, being at sea and visiting foreign ports. He so loved being at sea he considered becoming a merchant marine.
After his discharge from the Navy, Bob married and his two beloved children Curtis and Laura were born. Bob had many fond memories of time spent with his children, swimming in the backyard pool, BBQs, boating and water skiing in the summers and little league with his son, although little league really was a family event. Bob helped coach and took pride in their little league team going to the Little League World Series!
Shortly after Bob's discharge from the Navy he went to work at Hewlett-Packard. As a pretty good ball player, he would always say they only hired him because they needed a catcher for their baseball team. He very much enjoyed his time at Hewlett-Packard. He felt it was such a great place to work back when the co-founders David Packard and Bill Hewlett came out on the floor and spoke to everyone and knew them by name. It was during his time at HP when one of them spoke to Bob about facilitating him going to college to complete his education. Bob took advantage of their generosity and completed his education at San Jose State graduating with a BA and teaching credential. Teaching had become a dream of Bob's and soon after graduating he secured a position teaching high school.
But as the fickle finger of fate would have it, walking home from work one afternoon after a flat tire on his car, a San Jose Police officer stopped to give Bob a ride home. Those were the good old days! A brief conversation ensued, the officer dropped Bob off at his home and said, "We really need officers and I think you would make a really good one."
It wasn't long before Bob was an officer in the San Jose Police Department where he served for 27 years, retiring as a lieutenant in 1991. His time working at the department was both interesting and rewarding enjoying a variety of assignments in various departments. He also enjoyed playing baseball on the police department team! Bob was a person known to be abundantly tolerant, nonjudgmental, and levelheaded both professionally and in his personal dealings with others.
Bob retired to a golf community (Ridgemark) in Hollister, California with his wife Valarie where they enjoyed many years of golf and relaxation with family and friends.
Bob felt he was extraordinarily fortunate to have had such a wonderfully rich life. He loved his family deeply, and took pride in every one of them. There was nothing he enjoyed more than spending time with his family.
Bob is survived by his wife Valarie, son, Curtis; daughter, Laura Pease; brother Rod (Betty), sister Peggy MacDonald, brother-in-law Jerry Hawkins, grandchildren Matt (Amy), Josh, Christopher, Taylor, and two great grandchildren, Evelyn and Calvin; nieces, Kiersten, Deidre; great niece, Chloe; Ashli (Ben) and soon to be born Baby Boy Shiftan
 

Arrangements under the direction of Scheer Memorial Chapel, Oroville, CA.