Robert “Sunshine” Stone Felts, age 94, of Bainbridge Island died Aug. 26 at  Messenger House. 

He was born Dec. 30, 1909 in Odessa, Mo., to William and Ethel (Dawson) Felts.  He attended Park College in Missouri and graduated from the University of Washington in 1932.

He met his future wife, Virginia Marshall in 1938 at an insurance convention in Los Angeles. She was a vocal soloist whose accompanist did not arrive for the show; when a request to the audience for a pianist went out, Felts filled in. They were married on Christmas Day, 1938.

 He spent most of his career in Los Angeles but also lived in Santa Barbara, Calif., and Seattle.  He was a raconteur and musician; in his later years, he entertained at local nursing homes to crowds much younger than himself. 

His son, Marshall Felts, Sandy, Utah; two daughters, Susan Charles, Hood River, Ore.; Maidee Kirkeby, Los Angeles, Calif.; 18 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren survive him. 

A memorial service will be held at 4 p.m. Aug. 30 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints on Bainbridge Island.

Arrangements are under the direction of Kass Funeral Home.