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Robert Lee Sample

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Robert Lee Sample Veteran

Birth
Monticello, Wright County, Minnesota, USA
Death
23 Aug 2014 (aged 86)
Saint Augusta, Stearns County, Minnesota, USA
Burial
Little Falls, Morrison County, Minnesota, USA GPS-Latitude: 46.0746542, Longitude: -94.3292153
Plot
SECTION 10 SITE 236
Memorial ID
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Robert L. Sample, 86, died Saturday, August 23, 2014, at the Quiet Oaks Hospice House in St. Augusta.

Funeral services were held Thursday, August 28, at Williams Dingmann Family Funeral Home, St. Cloud, with Rev. Al Stangl officiating.

Robert was born January 19, 1928, in Monticello to Clifford and Mabel (Daniels) Sample. He was self employed as a mechanic with his father at their Phillips 66 service station in Monticello until 1954. Later that year he opened and ran his own Texaco Service Station until 1965 also in Monticello. Robert then moved to Portland, OR, and worked in a Grocery Warehouse until returning to Minnesota in 1972. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War.

Robert was preceded in death by his parents and a brother Harlan.
Robert L. Sample, 86, died Saturday, August 23, 2014, at the Quiet Oaks Hospice House in St. Augusta.

Funeral services were held Thursday, August 28, at Williams Dingmann Family Funeral Home, St. Cloud, with Rev. Al Stangl officiating.

Robert was born January 19, 1928, in Monticello to Clifford and Mabel (Daniels) Sample. He was self employed as a mechanic with his father at their Phillips 66 service station in Monticello until 1954. Later that year he opened and ran his own Texaco Service Station until 1965 also in Monticello. Robert then moved to Portland, OR, and worked in a Grocery Warehouse until returning to Minnesota in 1972. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War.

Robert was preceded in death by his parents and a brother Harlan.

Inscription

CPL US ARMY - KOREA. HE PROUDLY SERVED.


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  • Maintained by: Jen N.
  • Originally Created by: WandaDC
  • Added: Oct 31, 2014
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/138113430/robert_lee-sample: accessed ), memorial page for Robert Lee Sample (19 Jan 1928–23 Aug 2014), Find a Grave Memorial ID 138113430, citing Minnesota State Veterans Cemetery, Little Falls, Morrison County, Minnesota, USA; Maintained by Jen N. (contributor 50371042).