We lost a very dear member of our saddle club on May 1st, 2003. Bob Sheridan was one of the founders of the Junction City Saddle Club arena and the club itself. I am copying the obituary that was in the Junction City Daily Union below. He will be greatly missed!!
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Retired Lt. Col. Robert E. Sheridan

Funeral services for Retired Lt. Col. Robert E. Sheridan, 82, will be 10 a.m. Monday at the Main Post Chapel on Fort Riley. Chaplain Michael Wood will officiate. Burial will be at Humboldt Cemetery. Sheridan died on May 1, 2003, at Salina Regional Medical Center.

Sheridan was born on March 31, 1921, in rural Ellsworth County, the son of W.E. and Grace Belle (Allen) Sheridan.

He was a retired infantryman. He joined the horse cavalry at Fort Riley before World War II when he was 17 years old. He was stationed at Fort Huachuca, Ariz., and performed border patrol on horseback on the Arizona-Mexico border. After Pearl Harbor, he transferred to the infantry. He participated in five campaigns in the 329th Infantry, 83rd Division, in Europe, three in the 35th Infantry, 25th Division, in Korea, and one in the 1st Infantry Division in Vietnam. He received a battlefield commission in WWII, and he was wounded twice. Awards and decorations include two Combat Infantry Badges, the Legion of Merit, two Purple Hearts, the Russian Army Red Star, the Polish Army Service Badge, Korean Preidential Citation, and 16 other awards and decorations. He was stationed at Fort Riley; Camp Atterbury, Ind.; Wales; Rennes, Germany; Fort Lenard Wood, Mo.; Fort Crowder, Mo.; Toule, France; Fort Leavenworth, Kan.; Fort Devens, Mass.; and Seoul, Korea. He occupied all positions from squad leader through battalion commander, adviser to the Korean Army's deputy chief of staff for logistics and logistics officer of a division and post.

After retiring from the Army, he served another 27 years as a civilian at Fort Riley, primarily as director of logistics. Following Operation Desert Storm, he was recognized by the Association of the U.S. Army and cChief of staff of the Army as the most outstanding civilian employee in the U.S. Army. His final position was as the first civilian deputy garrison commander. He retired at the age of 74. He was an avid horseman and a soldier's soldier. He married Alice Wallert on April 17, 1949, in Ellsworth.

He was preceded in death by one son, Randy, murdered on Dec. 22, 1992.

Survivors include his wife, Alice, in Junction City; two sons, Rob Sheridan of Manhattan and Reno Sheridan of Santa Fe, N.M.; four grandchildren; three sisters; and many nephews and cousins.

Memorial contributions can be sent to the Eastern Kansas Horseman's Association, or in care of Chris Pilcher, 207 S. Parker, Bennington, KS 67422-9421.