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Robert Earl Rhodes

Male 1939 - 2002  (62 years)


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  • Name Robert Earl Rhodes 
    Born 3 Sep 1939  Randolph County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Died 18 Feb 2002  Grant Co, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Buried Pendleton County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 

    • Robert Earl “Bob” Rhodes
      BIRTH 3 Sep 1939
      Glady, Randolph County, West Virginia, USA
      DEATH 18 Feb 2002 (aged 62)
      Petersburg, Grant County, West Virginia, USA
      BURIAL
      Bible-Cooper Cemetery
      Pendleton County, West Virginia, USA Add to Map
      MEMORIAL ID 120144991

      ROBERT EARL "BOB" RHODES, 62, of Seneca Rocks, died Monday, Feb. 18, 2002, in Grant County Nursing Home where he had resided since May 15, 1995.
      Mr. Rhodes was born Sept. 3, 1939, in Glady, a son of the late McClellan Rhodes and Della Baker Rhodes.
      He married Rella Cooper Rhodes, who survives.
      They had been married for 37 years.
      Also surviving are a son, Richard W. Rhodes, Seneca Rocks; a daughter, Rita A. Rhodes, Myrtle Beach, S.C.; a sister, Della Mae Cork, Stuarts Draft, Va.; two brothers, Roger Rhodes and Roy Rhodes, both of Glady; two grandsons, Corey and Tyler Rhodes; and several nieces and nephews.
      Mr. Rhodes worked for General Motors in Baltimore, Md., and Adell Polymers Inc. in Petersburg for several years.
      He was a member of Glady Church of the Brethren and attended Pleasant View United Methodist Church in Seneca Rocks.
      Friends will be received at Schaeffer Funeral Home today from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
      Funeral services will be in the funeral home chapel Thursday at 1 p.m. with Chaplain Paul O'Gorek and Pastor Barbara K. Rexroad officiating.
      Interment will follow in Cooper Family Cemetery in Seneca Rocks.
      Memorial donations may be made to Grant County Nursing Home, 27 Early Ave., Petersburg, W.Va. 26847
      Schaeffer Funeral Home - February 20, 2002
    Person ID I115999  WVPioneers
    Last Modified 17 Apr 2018 

    Father McClellan C Rhodes,   b. 30 Jan 1910, Pendleton County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 May 2001, Randolph County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 91 years) 
    Mother Della Luemma Baker,   b. 17 Jun 1916,   d. 23 Aug 1997  (Age 81 years) 
    Married 25 Dec 1934  Meyersdale, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Notes 

    • 1940 Dry Fork, Randolph, West Virginia
      Rhodes, Clellen 29 WV 1935: lived Finzel, Garrett, Maryland track man - coal mine
      Bella wife 23 Maryland -- -- --
      Roy son 2 ---
      Robert son 6/12 WV
    Family ID F29593  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S898] Gravestone or Memorial posted on Findagrave.com.

    2. [S21] Obit.