BAIR OBITUARIES, Henry County, Missouri
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BAIR, Robert E. 1931 - 1999

Kansas City Star, Dec 5, 1999 - Robert E. Bair, 68, Warsaw, MO, passed away 
Friday morning, December 3, 1999, at his home in Bent Tree Harbor. Funeral 
services will be 10 a.m. Monday December 6, at the Reser Funeral Home, Warsaw, 
MO; Rev. Robert Minshall officiating; burial in Clinton Memory Gardens, Clinton, 
MO. The family will receive relatives and friends from 6-8 p.m. Sunday, at the 
funeral home. The family suggests memorial contributions be made to the Bent 
Tree Harbor Volunteer Fire Dept., c/o Sharon Cofer, HCR 66 Box 150-AB, Warsaw, 
MO, 65355. Mr. Bair was born in Thornburg, IA, on June 8, 1931. He grew up in 
Iowa and graduated from Montezuma High School in Montezuma, IA, in the class of 
1951. On September 24, 1952, he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps 
serving overseas in the Korean Conflict. He was discharged on September 23, 
1955. On February 17, 1956, he was united in marriage to Donna Lee Swartz in 
Ottumwa, IA. He worked at the Ottumwa Cemetery for ten years. He then went to 
school at Iowa Tech in Ottumwa, graduating with an electronics background. They 
moved to Kansas City, MO, in 1968, where he was employed by the A. B. Dick 
Company for 22 years. During his lifetime he worked on the farm and the John 
Morrell Meat Packing Company. He retired in 1990. Following his retirement, they 
moved to their lake home in Bent Tree Harbor Development near Warsaw. He was a 
former Cub Scout Leader in Iowa and was a member of the Tribe of Mic-O-Say and 
he was a scout leader with Boy Scout Troop 707. He was a member of the 
Veterans of Foreign Wars, the Korean War Veterans Association in Kansas City 
Chapter #2, and he was a member of the Gracemor Christian Church. He enjoyed 
the outdoors and was an avid hunter, fisherman, and boater. Robert is survived by 
his wife, Donna, of the home; two sons, Michael Bair and Douglas Bair, both of 
Kansas City; two grandchildren, John and Jessica; three brothers, John Bair, 
Visalia, CA, Jim Bair, Grinnel, IA, and David Bair, New Sharon, IA; and their 
families, other relatives, and many friends.

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