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Robert 'Bob' Fuiten

[September 26, 2010]  MOUNT PULASKI -- Robert "Bob" Frederick Fuiten, 82, died Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010, at 10:22 p.m. at St. John's Hospital in Springfield.

His funeral will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Mount Pulaski, with Masonic services being conducted. Ron Otto and Bill Shanle will co-officiate. Visitation will be from 1 to 2 p.m. at the funeral home.

Burial will be in Steenbergen Cemetery, Mount Pulaski, with military rites.

Mr. Fuiten retired from farming in the Chestervale and Lake Fork area.

He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War as a corporal policeman in the 341st M.P. Company.

He was born Oct. 16, 1927, at Lake Fork. His parents were Frederick Calvin and Hilma Lois Gaffney Fuiten. He married Ruth Ann Cherry on March 7, 1954, at the Lake Fork Christian Church.

He is survived by his wife, of Mount Pulaski; three sons, Gregory (and Margie) Fuiten of Atlanta, Robert Kent (and Kim) Fuiten of Sherman and Brian (and Pam) Fuiten of Lincoln; eight grandchildren, Heather (and Sean) McCormick, Chris Fuiten, Jamie Fuiten, Tonya Fuiten, Matt (and Melissa) Fuiten, Allyson (and Grant) Bradley, Derek Wicker and Audrey Fuiten; one great-granddaughter, Chloe McCormick; two sisters, Louise (and Charles) Bohn of Cornland and Betty (and Charles) Holmes of Mount Pulaski; and a sister-in-law, Rosemary Fuiten of Mount Pulaski.

He was also preceded in death by one brother, Dale Fuiten, and an infant sister, Joyce Fuiten.

He was a member of Lincoln Christian Church in Lincoln, Mount Pulaski American Legion Post 447, Mount Pulaski Masonic Lodge AF & AM 87, Logan County Shriners and the Springfield Consistory.

Memorials may be made to Mount Pulaski EMS, Lincoln Christian Church and Shriners Hospitals for Children.

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