Robert Earl Weatherholt, 92, former oil field roustabout with Texaco of Augusta, passed away Wednesday Jan. 27, 2010 at Lakepoint of Augusta.
Visitation from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 1, with funeral service following at 1, both at Dunsford-Zeiner Funeral Home, Augusta. Interment Elmwood Cemetery, Augusta.
He was born on Oct. 28, 1917 in Winfield, to Robert Otis and Myrtle (Elrod) Weatherholt. Robert graduated from El Dorado High School and attended El Dorado Junior College and Kansas State University studying engineering. In July of 1952 he married Gertrude May Gardner in Chanute, Kan. After they were married they resided in Ellis, Kan., later moving to Augusta in 1981.
Robert served proudly in World War II as a Naval aviator. He was a member of the American Legion, First United Methodist Church of Augusta, and a former Lions Club member.
Survivors include: his sons and their wives, Richard and Karen of Admire, Kan. and Tom and Elizabeth of Tulsa, Okla.; six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents; spouse, Gertrude Weatherholt and a brother, Aubrey Weatherholt.
Memorial to First United Methodist Church in care of the funeral home.
Arrangements by Dunsford-Zeiner Funeral Home, Augusta.
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