Robert Hamatake, beloved husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, brother and friend passed away peacefully at home on June 26, 2014, due to complications of diabetes. He was born on April 5, 1933, in Sacramento, California, to Ichiro and Shigeko Morikawa Hamatake. Bob was an active, happy boy growing up in Sacramento. When he was 8-years-old the U.S. entered into WWII and he and his family were relocated to the Tule Lake internment camp. Bob played baseball and other sports and games with the other Japanese kids in the camp to pass the time. He and his family were eventually moved to other camps at Jerome, Arkansas, and Gila River, Arizona. Bob eventually “lost respect for the wire” and wandered beyond the fence of the compounds to fulfill his love for the outdoors. When the war ended, his family moved to Tooele where Bob attended local schools. In high school Bob excelled in football and basketball, and he also did exceptionally well in boxing. Soon after his high school graduation in 1951, Bob enlisted in the navy and proudly served his country in the Korean War and thereafter for four years. He sailed all over the world and visited many countries on the USS Telfair. After his honorable discharge he went to work at the Tooele Ordnance Depot as a machinist and later became a tool, die and gage maker. Robert met and married Leah Gardner from the Uintah Basin and together they raised a family of five children. They shared a love of the outdoors and passed that passion on to their children. Family vacations consisted of camping trips to the Uinta Mountains. Bob and Leah were sealed in the Salt Lake Temple in 1978. Bob worked at the depot for 33 years then retired, only to return to work at the depot recreation shop for another 16 years until he retired for good. Dad was an amazing craftsman and could build anything out of wood or metal. He tied fishing flies and built custom knives and fly poles, to name a few of his talents. Robert served in many callings in the church including ward clerk, bishopric councilor, stake high councilor and nursery leader. He was also a temple worker in the Salt Lake Temple. His favorite church jobs were working with the youth as a priesthood presence at girls camp and an assistant scout master when his boys were in scouting. Robert was preceded in death by his parents, his sister Lois Tom, and grandchildren George Robert Couchis, Laura Elizabeth Hamatake, and Christopher Ray Jackson. He is survived by his wife Leah, daughters Lee Ann Jackson, Dawn (Mike) Davis, and Jennifer (Joe) Colovich, and sons Bret (Jeanene) and Bart (Lynnea). A funeral service will be held on Wednesday, July 2, at 11 a.m. at the Tooele 4th Ward building on the corner of 2nd West and 2nd South. A viewing will be held on Tuesday, July 1, from 6-8 p.m. at Tate Mortuary in Tooele, and from 9:30-10:30 a.m. at the church prior to the funeral. Interment will be at the Tooele City Cemetery. It has been requested that in lieu of flowers, donations be made to the American Diabetes Association.