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Rogers Co. Obit for: Robert 'R.L. Bob' Brashers 
Submitted to the Rogers County Oklahoma Archives 
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Rogers County Archivist: Bill Cook, wcook14024@aol.com
Date: 4/30/2002               by: Bill Cook, wcook14024@aol.com
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Originally published on Saturday 13 April 

Robert 'R.L. Bob' Brashers

Services for Robert "R.L. Bob" Brashers will be 2 p.m. Tuesday, April 16, 2002 
at the Musgrove-
Merriott-Smith Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow in Woodlawn Cemetery. 
R.L. died Friday, April 
12, 2002 in Tulsa at the age of 77. 
The son of James Edward and Mattie Lagers Brashers was born Oct. 15, 1924 in 
Sand Springs. As a 
young child he moved with his family to the Claremore area. He attended 
Verdigris Schools where he 
graduated in 1943. On June 12, 1943 he married Eva "Chick" Irby. Shortly after 
his marriage, R.L. joined 
the Army Air Corps and served until his discharge in October 1945. 
Upon his return home he worked as a mechanic for Bill White Chevrolet and later 
Jack Marshall 
Chevrolet. Robert then took a job at Douglas aircraft, where he worked until his 
retirement in 1979. After 
his retirement from Douglas he worked as security for Renberg's His hobbies 
included traveling, hunting, 
fishing, motorcycles and going camping with his family. Robert was a member of 
the American Legion. 
He is preceded in death by his parents, wife Eva, and sister Annabelle. 
Survivors include his daughter, Martha Sue Westover of Tulsa; son, Robert L. 
Brashers Jr. and wife Nancy of Claremore; grandchildren, Robby and Kimberlee 
Brashers of Claremore, Pam Bell and husband Iain of Owasso, and Patricia 
Scribner of Catoosa. Also surviving are great-grandchildren, Kolyn Brashers, 
Aaron and Jason Bell and Zachary and Katelynn Scribner; and brothers, Jess and 
wife Velma Brashers of Chelsea, and Richard and wife Martha of Commerce.
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