Message From Jeff McCoy
Son in Law of Bob McNutt, Board Member WestCare Nevada
In Memoriam:
Robert J. (Bob) McNutt, chair emeritus of the Nevada WestCare Board of Directors, passed peacefully on February 13, 2008. He was a retired consulting civil engineer. He is survived by his wife of sixty years, Pat and his daughters, Marcia and Jane.
In 1973, he and Dick Thomas were drafted by Zel Lowman to help form a substance abuse treatment facility. Today, that agency, then known as Fitzsimmons House, has grown from a single male residential program, with a budget of $100,000 into WestCare, a nationally known and respected program of social services and treatment facilities helping to contain and reduce drug abuse from California to Florida and the Virgin Islands, with an annual budget over $75 million.
Bob was active in the business community.
He helped organize and was the first President of the Southern Nevada branch of the American Society of Civil Engineers. Registered as an engineer in six states, he oversaw projects in both the public and private sectors.
He was the first President of the Uptown Kiwanis Club in Las Vegas and received a Distinguished President's award.
Bob was also very active in his church.
He was an Elder in the Presbyterian Church (USA). He served as Moderator of the Presbytery of Nevada, Moderator of the Synod of the Pacific and Stated Clerk of the Presbytery of Nevada. He also served on many boards and commissions of the Presbyterian Church.
A quote from Bob: "When someone who has lived a long and fruitful life dies, the only reason to be sad is that the living who loved him will miss that person and that's the sole reason that I am sad. In this life, a good legacy is all that anyone can ask for."
Though small in stature, Bob McNutt left a large legacy that will long be remembered by his friends and family. His good works are seen in the buildings he engineered, but more importantly, in the lives that he helped save through the WestCare Family.
Jeff McCoy
Son in Law of Bob McNutt, Board Member WestCare Nevada
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