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Graveside services for Robert Warren Root,
Sr., Lt. Col. U.S. Army "retired," 61, of Wheaton, Ill.,
formerly of Caldwell, who died Thursday, June 9, at the U.S.
Naval Regional Medical Center, Great Lakes, Ill., of natural
causes, will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Greenleaf
Cemetery, Greenleaf.
The Rev. Dick Shaw
of the First Baptist Church, Caldwell, will conduct the
services which are under the direction of Dakan Funeral
Chapel, Caldwell. Memorial services will be conducted at
1 p.m. Friday, at the Warm Beach Free Methodist Church near
Stanwood, Wash.
He was born July 27,
1921, at Boise to Rev. John and Winifred Root. He was
reared and educated in Idaho and Washington. He married
Ruth Settle on Oct. 22, 1943, at Caldwell.
He joined the Army in 1945 and retired from in 1970 after a
25-year career with the military police. After
retirement, he was involved in Christian Missionary Work,
including the Pacific Broadcasting Association.
He is survived by his wife, Ruth; two daughters, Elouise of
Caldwell and Evelyn of Portland, Ore.; two sons, William of
Bothell, Wash., and Robert, Jr. of Racine, Wis.; two brothers.
John M. of Madras, Ore., and Leonard C. of Seattle, Wash.; one
sister, Joanne Leddusire of Seattle, Wash.; two grandchildren;
and numerous other relatives and friends.
Flowers may be sent or the family suggests that memorials be
made to the Pacific Broadcasting Association, P.O. Box 941,
Wheaton, Ill. 60189.
Friends may call
at Dakan Funeral Chapel, Caldwell, Wednesday from 9 a.m. to
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