SEBASTIAN, Fla. — Robert James “Bobby” Dee, a Lowell native and former Chelmsford resident, died Tuesday, March 22, at Sebastian River Medical Center after an extended illness. He was 43.

He was born in Calloway, Nebraska to Clark and Nolie Shipley then moved to Carbondale, Colorado where he was raised. His father was a rancher throughout the Crystal River Valley and often had Bob by ...