June 30, 1996

ROBERT R. COOMER

ARBOR -- Robert Rufus Coomer, 81, of Arbor died Saturday, June 29, 1996, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born July 23, 1914, at Randles, son of William G. and Cora E. Hartsey Coomer. He and Alma Wondel were married April 11, 1936, at Jackson...

ARBOR -- Robert Rufus Coomer, 81, of Arbor died Saturday, June 29, 1996, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau.

He was born July 23, 1914, at Randles, son of William G. and Cora E. Hartsey Coomer. He and Alma Wondel were married April 11, 1936, at Jackson.

He was a retired farmer and a member of the Arbor General Baptist Church.

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Survivors include his wife; six sons, William and Carman Coomer, both of Whitewater, Russell, Robert and Dallis Coomer, all of Arbor, and Dennis Coomer of Cape Girardeau; three daughters, Estelle Wolfe of Chaffee, Marilyn Ostendorf of Cape Girardeau and Karen Scherer of Fruitland; 16 grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and eight step-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by a son, five sisters, two brothers and two grandsons.

Friends may call Monday from 4:30-8 p.m. at Morgan Funeral Home in Advance.

Funeral service will be at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. The Revs. William Marshall and Naamon Eaker will officiate, with burial in Memorial Park Cemetery at Cape Girardeau.

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