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Submitted: 2/26/15 • Approved: 1/29/23 • Last Updated: 2/1/23 • R765485-G765485-S3
Robert
Jun 22, 1927 Sargent, Custer, NE
Jun 19, 2022 West Plains, Howell, MO
Norma
Dec 6, 1928 Rolla, Phelps, MO
Jan 2, 2008 West Plains, Howell, MO
Funeral services for Robert L. Sargent, 94, West Plains, Missouri, will be held at 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, June 22, 2022, at First Baptist Church, under the direction of Robertson-Drago Funeral Home.
He reached his heavenly home on June 19th, 2022 at his home surrounded by his loving family.
Bob was born June 22, 1927 at Sargent Valley, Nebraska, near Round Valley, to Glenn and Grace (Caldwell) Sargent, who preceded him in death. Bob was the eldest child of six siblings. On June 3, 1947, he married the love of his life, Norma Jean Kinder. They were married for over sixty years prior to her death. In 1959, Bob and Jean moved their family to West Plains, Missouri, where he founded Ozark Asphalt Company. His hard work paid off and the company grew to a major asphalt business in southern Missouri. He retired from his company at age seventy. Bob has always been very involved in the community and active in many organizations. He was a proud member of Abou Ben Adhem Host Shrine Club and Past Worshipful Master of Mt. Zion Masonic Lodge #327. He was an active member of the First Baptist Church where he was saved and baptized at age thirty-two. It is at this same church where he walked his three daughters down the aisle. He loved attending Emmaus Road Sunday School class. He served his country in the Army where he attained the rank of Staff Seargent. Through the years he was involved as the President of Sheltered Workshop, Boatmans' and Bank of America board Member, Associated General Contractors serving as President, Richards R-5 school board, and was the oldest active member of the West Plains Country Club where he loved being a member of the 12:30 Gang. Although Bob lived nearly ninety-five years and had a very full life, he will be missed by those who loved him so much. His family meant everything to him and his friends were highly regarded as instrumental in keeping him active and "young."
Bob is proceeded in death by his wife, Jean, parents, brothers – Carl and Donald Sargent, in-laws Roy and Susie Kinder, brothers- and sisters-in-law, LeRoy and Barbara Kinder, Lynn and Kaye Kinder, sister in-law Barbara Sargent, and brothers- in-law Francis Strieff and Chuck Rosenow.
The family would like to thank Dr Robert Martin, the doctors and nurses of OMC Medical Center, Three River's Hospice, along with Bob's special Helpers, Diana Stokes, Joyce Coppock, Royce Pace and Susan Howard.
Family visitation will be held Tuesday, June 21st, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. His final resting place will be beside his wife at Howell Memorial Park Cemetery, Pomona, Missouri.
Funeral services for Norma Jean (Kinder) Sargent, 79, West Plains, Mo., were held Friday, Jan. 4, 2008, at the First Baptist Church under the direction of Robertson-Drago Funeral Home. Mrs. Sargent passed away in her home surrounded by her loving husband and daughters on Jan. 2, 2008, after an extended illness. Jean was born in Rolla, Mo., on Dec. 6, 1928, to Roy Lee and Susan Bertha Harris Kinder, who preceded her in death. Jean graduated from Annutt High School in 1946. She married Robert L. Sargent on June 3, 1947, in Harrison, Ark. They celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary this past year. In 1959, Bob and Jean moved their family to West Plains to begin their own business, Ozark Asphalt Company. She was a member of the First Baptist Church and the Ideal Sunday School Class. She was active in the Rambling Rose Garden Club, where she made many lifelong friends. During the mid 1970s, Jean found a new passion, golf. She and Bob enjoyed many competitive rounds of golf weekly with friends. She loved collecting antiques and shopping, as well as gardening. Jean is survived by her husband, Robert L. Sargent, of the family home; three daughters, Saundra Roe and husband, Tom, of West Plains, Mo., Shirlee Francis and husband, Joe, of Jacksonville Ark., and Sharon Hamlet and husband, Rick, of Stockton, Mo.; seven grandchildren, Keith Roe, Chris Roe and wife, Sissy, Tricia Thomas and husband, Chuck, Kelly Roe, Robert Francis, Jessica Hamlet and Justin Hamlet; eight great-grandchildren, Kelsey, Katelyn, Kassidy, Nakaya, Nacona, Chase, Hannah and Claire; two brothers, LeRoy Kinder and wife, Barbara, of Lenox, Mo., and Lynn Kinder and wife, Kay, of Licking, Mo.; one aunt, Lillie Kinder; numerous nieces and nephews; and a host of friends. Burial was held at Howell Memorial Park Cemetery.
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