Remembering
“BOB’s BURGER BARN” and its founder/owner/operator, Bob Briem
BOB'S BURGER BARN ADVERTISING
Burger Barn ad with illustration, 18 Nov 1966,
Catholic NW Progress, Seattle
Burger Barn listing, 20 Sept 1968, Catholic
Northwest Progress, Seattle
Burger Barn Drive square ad 19 Dec 1969, Catholic
Northwest Progress
Burger Barn “Season’s Greetings,” 26 Dec 1969,
Catholic NW Progress, Seattle
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OBITUARY: Robert H. Briem
Oct.
11, 1994, Longview (Lewis County), Wash., Daily News, with edits made in 2022
Robert Harold Brim, age 76 of 2416 Meadowlark Lane, Kelso,
died Oct. 6, 1994, in a Longview nursing home.
A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Oct. 22, at the
Kelso Elks with Floyd Carpenter officiating. Inurnment will be at Mountain View
Cemetery, Tacoma (Lakewood).
He was born June 2, 1918, in Seattle to Bjartmar Briem
and Marie Briem. He attended grade school
in Chehalis and was a 1937 graduate of Kelso High School.
During World War II, he served in the Navy as a boatswain
mate.
While in Lakewood, Wash., he operated three drive-in
restaurants called Bob’s Burger Barn, and when he moved to Chico, Calif. in
1963 he built and operated two more Bob’s Burger Barns there. He also had been
a wine salesman in Seattle and a Realtor for Sun Realty until he retired.
His favorite hobby was building and flying airplanes, and he
was a member of the Experimental Aircraft Association. Of his six planes, the
Great Lakes was his pride and joy. He also was a Scoutmaster for 10 years and a
member of the Elks for 21 years.
His wife of 45 years, Elizabeth Jean Fires Briem, died in
February 1987. In June of that year he attended his 50th class
reunion and renewed acquaintances with Lucille Mellein Moffitt. They married in
Reno, Nev., on Sept. 8, 1987. They lived in Chico, Calif., for six years before
returning to Kelso in 1993.
Survivors include his wife, Lucy, at home; a son, Robert
Briem Jr., of Old Saybrook, Conn.; a daughter, Marilyn Vallery, of Tacoma; a
stepson, John T. McIntyre of Herndon, Va.; two sisters, Lona Marie Briem of
Riverside, Calif. and LuAnne Zinzer of Longview; four granddaughters and two
great granddaughters.
Friends wishing to express sympathy may contribute to the
American Cancer Society, Box 1, Longview, Wash.
ELIZABETH
JEAN BRIEM
Tacoma
News Tribune, March 17, 1987
“Betty” Briem, 71, died Friday, Feb. 27, 1987, in Chico,
California.
Briem was born in Portland on January 29, 1916, to Parmele
and Minerva Fries.
She married Robert H. Briem, May 30, 1942, in Hoquiam,
Washington.
Mr. & Mrs. Briem operated Bob’s Burger Barns in the Tacoma
area for several years before moving to Chico in 1963.
In addition her husband, she is survived by her son, Robert,
of Old Saybrook, Connecticut, and a daughter, Marilyn Vallery, of Sumner and
four grandchildren.
Memorial donations may be made to the Heart Association.
