••• Bert Robert Sellers Jr. 1936-2020

Bert Robert Sellers Jr. passed away Dec. 30, 2020. Bert was born Sept. 20, 1936 in Hickory, North Carolina, to Bert and Mable Sellers. Bert joined the Navy after high school from 1955-1959. He did his basic training at Great Lakes, Illinois, and was on the heavy Cruiser USS Columbus CA74 untill 1958. His home port was in Long Beach, California, which is where he meet his first wife, Vicki, and they were married in June 1958 for 20 years.

They had three sons, Mark, Steve and Scott. He also had one grandson, four granddaughters and three great-granddaughters.  After getting out of the Navy in 1959, he went to work for Teledyne and stayed with them for over 40 years before retiring. Bert coached peewee ball, was a Cub Scout Master and Boy Scout Masters and was also on the Long Beach Scout Council.

After being married for 20 years, he became single and lived on a 40-foot cabin cruiser for another 20 years. Bert loved his Corvettes and to go dancing throughout Long Beach, before marrying his second wife, Diane, in 1997. She had three sons, a daughter, and several grandkids and great-grandkids.

Bert and Diane loved to travel in their motorhome to visit their kids and other family members. Bert was active in playing cribbage and ponochle in Leisure World and had many wonderful friends and at his hangout at the Primrose. A Celebration of Life was held Saturday Feb. 6, at Cal-vary Cross Chapel.