Robert W. Kennerly passed away surrounded by his loving family on August 20, 2013. He fought a brave battle with cancer. He was born in Detroit Michigan on February 13, 1931 to Sam and Peggy Kennerly. He was proceeded in death by his two sisters, Janice Bettwy and Vera Sherman and his brother Don Kennerly. Robert was a retired Yuma Politician and community leader, served on the Yuma City Council from 1962 to 1966, served on the Yuma County Board of Supervisors from 1976 to 1984, and on the Arizona Board of Pardons and Parole from 1984 to 1989. As a community leader, Kennerly served for ten years actively on the District 4 Council of Governments, was one of the founders of the Southern Arizona Bank of Yuma, and he served on the Yuma Chamber of Commerce. He was the first President of Caballeros de Yuma and served as the Publicity Director for the Yuma Chapter of the NAACP of which is is a lifetime member. He was also a charter member and President of both the Sunrise Optimist Club and the Fort Yuma Rotary Club, Board member of the Yuma Golf and Country Club, and founder, charter President and long-time Board member of the Yuma Boys Club. He is survived by his wife of 65 years, Jeannette, daughters; Kathy Bierl (Denny), Carol Laabs (Lee), Bunny James (Gary), and Robin Fisher (Joe), 15 grand children, 27 great grand children and 1 great-great grandchild. Memorial services will be held at Sunset Vista Funeral Home, on Saturday, August 24, 2013 at 9:00am. The family requests that donations be made to Hospice of Yuma in lieu of flowers. Also they wish to thank Dr. Atilio Giangreco and Dr. Michael Shea of Yuma Oncology Center for their wonderful care.