Funeral services for Robert W. Chambers, Jr., 83, of Chickasha, will be held
Thursday, December 23, 2004, at 10:30 a.m. in the Ferguson Funeral Home
Chapel, with Robert Dye officiating.
Robert W. Chambers, Jr. was born January 19, 1921, in Fulton, Kentucky, the
son of Robert White Chambers, Sr. and Lillian Browder Chambers. He died
Monday, December 20, 2004.
Bob moved to Akron, Ohio, as a young boy. He attended school in Akron and
graduated from Akron High School in 1939. He attended Akron University and Kent
State University. In 1941, Bob joined the U.S. Navy Air Corps. He was
stationed in California during World War II, flying air-sea rescue missions.
On May 1, 1951, Bob married Alberta Lee Jones, in El Reno, Oklahoma. This
union brought them their four children. Alberta preceded him in death on
January 1, 1993. Bob married Nilla Mai Skidmore on March 27, 1993, in Memphis,
Tennessee.
He owned and operated a grocery store in El Reno for several years, and was
employed with Page Aircraft for twelve years. In the early 1950s Bob and three
business associates opened Dusters and Sprayers Supply, in Chickasha, which
he currently owned and operated.
Bob was preceded in death by both parents and his first wife, Alberta.
He is survived by his wife, Nilla Mai Chambers, of the home; two daughters
and sons-in-law; Linda and James Rothfuchs, of Niles, Michigan, and Donna and
Les Avant, of El Reno, Oklahoma; two sons and daughters-in-law: Robert L. and
Diedre Chambers, of Hydro, Oklahoma, and William P. (Bill) and Crystal
Chambers, of Chickasha; and 10 grandchildren.
Memorial contributions can be made to the Michigan Avenue Baptist Church
building fund: 728 Michigan Avenue, Chickasha, Oklahoma, 73018.
Interment will be in the El Reno Cemetery under the direction of Ferguson
Funeral Home.
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