{"id":16206,"date":"2020-03-08T01:36:54","date_gmt":"2020-03-08T07:36:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/?page_id=16206"},"modified":"2020-09-29T19:05:04","modified_gmt":"2020-09-30T00:05:04","slug":"obituary-kehres-robert-james","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/?page_id=16206","title":{"rendered":"Obituary &#8211; Kehres, Robert James"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"one_third\"><img src=\"http:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1934_Kehres_Robert.jpg\" alt=\"Robert James Kehres\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Class of 1934<\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><img src=\"http:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1934_Kehres_Robert_younger.jpg\" alt=\"Robert Kehres\" \/><br \/>Robert Kehres<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"two_third last_column\">\n<h1>Robert James Kehres<\/h1>\n<h3>December 19, 1915 &#8211; July 11, 2019<\/h3>\n<p>Robert James Kehres, 103, died peacefully in Magnolia, AR on July 11, 2019. He was a veteran of World War II. Born in Perry Oklahoma on December 19, 1915, he was the son of Walter and Violet (Mouser) Kehres.<\/p>\n<p>Bob attended St. Rose of Lima Catholic School and graduated from Oklahoma University with a degree in Petroleum engineering. He joined the U.S. Army (Air Corps) in November 1942 and received a commission as a 2nd Lieutenant. He was assigned to the 416th Bomb Group as an Engineering Officer and saw action in the European Theater where he was elevated to the rank of Captain.<\/p>\n<p>It was during wartime that Bob married his loving wife, Dorothy Beene. They were married for 58 years. After serving his country, Bob accepted a job with Berry Petroleum in Southern Arkansas. It was then that he and Dorothy decided to call Magnolia home.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to Bob\u2019s love for God and family, he had a special bond with his 416th comrades and always looked forward to their annual reunions held across the country. He was excited about the upcoming October 2019 reunion and without a doubt, will be there in spirit.<\/p>\n<p>Bob is preceded in death by his parents, his wife, and two brothers, Walter and Paul.<\/p>\n<p>He is survived by his nephew Walter James Kehres (Phyllis) of Bryantown, Maryland and many great nieces and nephews.<\/p>\n<p>Services will be held at the Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church, Magnolia, AR on July 20, 2019 at 10:00 a.m. Bob will be interred at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-FullWidth.php","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16206"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16206"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16206\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19160,"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16206\/revisions\/19160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}