{"id":9222,"date":"2017-08-23T03:08:59","date_gmt":"2017-08-23T08:08:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/?page_id=9222"},"modified":"2020-09-02T13:17:01","modified_gmt":"2020-09-02T18:17:01","slug":"obituary-lynch-robert-eugene","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/?page_id=9222","title":{"rendered":"Obituary &#8211; Lynch, Robert Eugene"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"one_third\">\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Class of 1944<\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">1944 Graduation Edition<\/br>Perry Daily Journal<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1944_Lynch_Robert_younger.jpg\" alt=\"Robert Lynch\" width=\"200\" height=\"303\"\/><br \/>Robert Lynch<\/h2>\n<p>&#8211; 17-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Lynch, 925 Ivanhoe, was born in Perry and has attended both grade and high school here.<\/p>\n<p>He is a member of the Letterman&#8217;s club and the Alpha Eta.  He has been a member of the student council in 1943-44 and in the junior play in 1942-43.  He was also a member of the senior play cast in 1943-44.  <\/p>\n<p>Bob went out for football for five years and played quarterback. He was co-captain of the 1943-44 football team and won the Lion&#8217;s award in 1943-44, lettered as a junior and received honorable mention on the all state team.<\/p>\n<p>He is in the naval reserve V-6 program and expects to be called soon after graduation.<\/p>\n<p>After the war is over he hopes to be able to attend dental college.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"two_third last_column\">\n<h1>Robert Eugene Lynch<\/h1>\n<h3>September 15, 1926 &#8211; June 24, 1998<\/h3>\n<p>Robert E. Lynch, 71, of Edmond, OK, passed away Wednesday, June 24, 1998. <\/p>\n<p>He was born September 15, 1926 to Charles and Frances Lynch of Perry, OK. He attended Perry public schools, and graduated from there. He earned a BS degree in commerce from Oklahoma State University. <\/p>\n<p>Lynch married Carol Jean in 1953, and together they raised four children.<\/p>\n<p>He was a veteran of WWII, Korea, and served in the National Guard for a total of 20 years. He served as a company commander of the Edmond 45th division, and retired as a captain. <\/p>\n<p>He was preceded in death by his parents, and 2 brothers; Harold and William Lynch. <\/p>\n<p>Funeral services will be held at 10:00 A.M., Saturday, June 27, 1998, at St. Mary&#8217;s Episcopal Church, Edmond, with burial to follow at Gracelawn Cemetery. <\/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\/9222"}],"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=9222"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9222\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18872,"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9222\/revisions\/18872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}