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Robert B. Pierce

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Robert B. Pierce Veteran

Birth
Chouteau, Mayes County, Oklahoma, USA
Death
5 Jan 2001 (aged 80)
Rogers, Benton County, Arkansas, USA
Burial
Rogers, Benton County, Arkansas, USA Add to Map
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ROBERT BRUCE PEIRCE, 80, OF ROGERS, AR DIED JAN. 5, 2001.
HE WAS BORN OCT. 12, 1920, IN CHOUTEAU, OKLA., TO ROBERT CLAUDE AND MARTHA ELLEN LAROSE PEIRCE.
HE WORKED IN PARK MAINTENANCE FOR 24 YEARS, HAVING RETIRED IN 1980 FROM WORK AT THE BUFFALO RIVER NATIONAL PARK.
HE WAS ASLO A VETRAN OF WORLD WAR II, SERVING IN THE ARMY MEDICAL DETACHMENT OF THE 321ST INFANTRY.
HE RECIVED SEVERAL MEDALS, INCLLUDING THE WORLD WAR II VICTORY RIBBON, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN THEATER RIBBON AND THE AP THEATER RIBBON WITH TWO BRONZE SERVICE STARS AND ONE BRONZE ARROWHEAD.
HE WAS PRECEEDED IN DEATH BY HIS WIFE, RETHA LEA OVERBY DOWNUM, WHO DIED APRIL 15, 1998.
SURVIVORS INCLUDE ONE STEPDAUGHTER, WANDA CLARK OF ROGERS, ONE STEPGRANDDAUGHTER, GINA SHUMATE OF SPRINGDALE, ONE STEPGRANDSON, JACKIE CLARK OF BENTONVILLE, ONE SISTER, MAVIS WRIGHT OF ROGERS; THREE GRANDCHILDREN.
GRAVESIDE SERVICES WILL BE AT 2 P.M. TUESDAY AT ROGERS CEMETERY, WITH REV. DEAN NEWSBERRY OFFICIATING.
ARRANGEMENTS ARE BY ROLLINS FUNERAL HOME OF ROGERS.

ROBERT BRUCE PEIRCE, 80, OF ROGERS, AR DIED JAN. 5, 2001.
HE WAS BORN OCT. 12, 1920, IN CHOUTEAU, OKLA., TO ROBERT CLAUDE AND MARTHA ELLEN LAROSE PEIRCE.
HE WORKED IN PARK MAINTENANCE FOR 24 YEARS, HAVING RETIRED IN 1980 FROM WORK AT THE BUFFALO RIVER NATIONAL PARK.
HE WAS ASLO A VETRAN OF WORLD WAR II, SERVING IN THE ARMY MEDICAL DETACHMENT OF THE 321ST INFANTRY.
HE RECIVED SEVERAL MEDALS, INCLLUDING THE WORLD WAR II VICTORY RIBBON, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN THEATER RIBBON AND THE AP THEATER RIBBON WITH TWO BRONZE SERVICE STARS AND ONE BRONZE ARROWHEAD.
HE WAS PRECEEDED IN DEATH BY HIS WIFE, RETHA LEA OVERBY DOWNUM, WHO DIED APRIL 15, 1998.
SURVIVORS INCLUDE ONE STEPDAUGHTER, WANDA CLARK OF ROGERS, ONE STEPGRANDDAUGHTER, GINA SHUMATE OF SPRINGDALE, ONE STEPGRANDSON, JACKIE CLARK OF BENTONVILLE, ONE SISTER, MAVIS WRIGHT OF ROGERS; THREE GRANDCHILDREN.
GRAVESIDE SERVICES WILL BE AT 2 P.M. TUESDAY AT ROGERS CEMETERY, WITH REV. DEAN NEWSBERRY OFFICIATING.
ARRANGEMENTS ARE BY ROLLINS FUNERAL HOME OF ROGERS.



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