{{Short description|American politician (1948–2022)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Bob Neuenschwander | image = Bob_Neuenschwander.jpg | caption = Official portrait, 1983 | birth_name = Robert William Neuenschwander | term_start = January 4, 1983 | term_end = January 7, 1991 | office = Member of the Minnesota House of Representatives for Itasca County and Koochiching County | party = Democratic | occupation = Businessman, politician | birth_date = {{birth date|1948|07|04}} | birth_place = Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | spouse = {{plainlist| * {{marriage|Dale Neuenschwander<br>|1969|1978|reason=div}} {{marriage|Kathy Goodall<br>|1996}} }} | children = 1 | education = Orr High School (Minnesota) | succeeded = Irv Anderson | preceded = Irv Anderson }}
'''Robert William "Bob" Neuenschwander''' ({{IPAc-en|n|ə|hw|ə|n|s|w|ɑː|n|d|ə|r}}; {{Respell|newenswander}} July 4, 1948 – April 13, 2022) was an American businessman and politician. He served as a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives between 1983 and 1991 for the Democratic Party.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Neuenschwander, Robert "Bob" - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present |url=https://www.lrl.mn.gov/legdb/fulldetail?id=10459 |access-date=2023-06-16 |website=www.lrl.mn.gov}}</ref>
== Early life and education == Neuenschwander was born July 4, 1948, in Chicago, Illinois, to Charles (1920-2005) and Mildred Neuenschwander.<ref>United States Genealogy Bank, 1980-2014</ref> He had one brother Charles Roy Neuenschwander. His great-grandfather, Gottfried Neuenschwander, emigrated to the United States from Switzerland in 1884 aged 10.<ref>United States Germans to America Index, 1850-1897</ref><ref>U.S. Census, 1920, 1930 (Wisconsin)</ref>
== Career == He served in the United States Air Force from 1969 to 1974. Neuenschwander went to Bemidji State University and was a businessman who owned a taxidermy business and gift shop: ''Border Bob's''.
== Politics == He served as a Democratic member of the Minnesota House of Representatives for four terms from January 4, 1983, through January 7, 1991.
== Personal life == Neuenschwander was married twice. In 1969 he married Dale Neuenschwander with whom he had a son; Robb. With his second wife Kathy, whom he married on December 31, 1996, he acquired a step-son, Zach Herbert. Neuenschwander died in International Falls, Minnesota after being ill for a long time.<ref>[https://www.lrl.mn.gov/legdb/fulldetail?ID=10459 Minnesota Legislators: Past & Present-Bob Neuenschwander]</ref><ref>[https://www.greenlarsen.com/obituaries/Robert-William-Neuenschwander?obid=24565986 Robert William Neuenschwander-obituary]</ref>
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