Robert "Bob" Pettingell was born January 8, 1941 in Portland, Oregon. He lived in Portland most of his life except for a short period of time when he lived in Seattle. His love of Portland brought him home after only 2 years away. It was noticed at an early age that Bob had quite a talent for music and he was encouraged to pursue his musical talents. He began in grade schoolmiddle school playing the trumpet and trombone but soon found the tuba to be his niche. All through high school, in addition to performing in the school bands and junior symphony, he had "paying" jobs with various dance bands. At times, he was even performing in these dance bands with his instructors from school. He marched in seven Portland Rose Festival Parades. After high school, Bob attended Lewis and Clark College as a music major. It was here that he met his first wife, Judy. They were soon married and had 2 beautiful children, Debbie and Lisa. Bob quickly realized that the life of a musician did not always pay the bills so he took a job with Pacific Power and Light (now Pacifcorp) where he worked for 31 years. Although this was his "full time/day" job, his heart was in music. Most of his spare time was spent performing with his tuba or string bass in dance bands or Dixieland bands around the USA, Mexico and Canada. Bob was also a member of the US Army reserves and performed with the Army band out of Vancouver, Washington. In 1991, Bob had a dream of bringing a Dixieland music festival to the Portland area. He founded and directed the Rose City Classic Festival of Jazz which ran for 5 years with his second wife, Charlene. Even though it was quite hectic and stressful, the festival was something he was extremely proud of. In the latter years of his music career, Bob performed with Pat O'Neal's Riverboat Jazz Band on the sternwheelers "Queen of the West" and the "Empress of the North". It was here that he met his third wife, Elaine who also performed in the band playing banjo. Bob performed on the sternwheelers for 10 years. Bob is survived by his wife, Elaine; daughters, Debbie and Lisa; brothers, D. Pettingell of Portland, OR and Mike Pettingell of Wickenburg, AZ. He will be greatly missed by all. Services are to be private.