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Robert Worley Mills Sr.

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Robert Worley Mills Sr. Veteran

Birth
Waco, Jasper County, Missouri, USA
Death
15 Jun 1998 (aged 78)
Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri, USA
Burial
Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri, USA Add to Map
Plot
7th Addition Block 3 Row 6 Grave 21
Memorial ID
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Robert Worley 'Bob' Mills, Sr.
(November 06, 1919 ~ June 15, 1998)
6 November 1919 — 15 June 1998

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Robert Mills, Sr.
Services for Robert W. Mills, Sr., 78, 402 N Walnut St., who died June 15, 1998 will be at 2 p. m. Thursday at Derfelt Funeral Home, Galena, Kan.

The Rev. Phil Erwin will officiate. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery, Joplin.

Pallbearers will be Eric Babbit, Robert Garrison, Andy Kinslow, Mike Mills, Bill Mills and Billy Mills.

Graveside military rites will be conducted by the Northeast Oklahoma Veterans Funeral Detail.

The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.

Mr. Mills married Alberta "Sally" Shallenburger on April 20, 1949, at Bentonville, Ark. She survives. An obituary Tuesday listed an inaccurate [1929] date of marriage.

Joplin Globe,
[Mills, Sr., Robert Worley 'Bob'; #53602470]
Wednesday, 17 June 1998,
Page: 8B; 17 of 39; Columns: 1 & 2 of 6.
Joplin, Missouri.

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Robert Mills, Sr.
Robert W. Mills, Sr.
, 78 , 402 N. Walnut, died at 11:25 a. m. Monday, June 15, 1998, at his home after an illness.

Mr. Mills was born Nov. 6, 1919 , at Waco. He lived most of his life in Joplin. He worked at Vicker's Inc., Joplin, for 32 years, retiring in 1982.

He was a member of Local No. 200 and Robert S. Thurman American Legion Post No. 13.

He was an Army veteran of World War II, serving with the 24th Infantry in the Philippines.

He married Alberta "Sally" Shallenburger on April 20, 1929 [1949], at Bentonville, Ark. She survives.

Additional survivors include two sons, Robert Mills, Jr., and Everett Shallenburger, both of Joplin; a daughter, Connie Butler, Joplin; three grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and a great-great-grandchild.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Derfelt Funeral Home, Galena, Kan. The Rev. Phil Erwin will officiate. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery, Joplin.

Pallbearers will be Eric Babbit, Robert Garrison, Andy Kinslow, Mike Mills, Bill Mills and Billy Mills.

Graveside military rites will be conducted by the Northeast Oklahoma Veterans Funeral Detail.

The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.

Joplin Globe,
[Mills, Sr., Robert Worley 'Bob'; #53602470]
Tuesday, 16 June 1998,
Page: 7A; 7 of 22; Column: 2 of 6.
Joplin, Missouri.

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188 CARD OF THANKS
_______________________
_______________________


After our stay at Freeman East we are
home now and want to say a special
thanks to the nursing staff and all who
shared in the comforting care they gave
my husband and me. You were all so
kind and comforting. Thanks,
Alberta and Robert Mills.
________________________


Joplin Globe,
[MILLS, Alberta; #55658223 and Robert; #53602470]
Friday, 12 June 1998,
Page: 2C; 18 of 32; Column: 3 of 6.
Joplin, Missouri.

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188 C A R D O F T H A N K S
_______________________
_______________________


During the loss of our loved one
Robert Mills, Sr. The family would
like to thank friends and neighbors
who sent flowers, cards and food,
those who called, the Doctors and
Nurses, Reverend Phil Irwin,
Pallbearers and singers, Northeast
Oklahoma Veterans Funeral Detail
for the Military Services.
The Robert Mills, Senior Family
________________________


Joplin Globe,
[Mills, Sr., Robert Worley 'Bob'; #53602470]
Tuesday, 30 June 1998,
Page: 6C; 5 of 6; Column: 5 of 6.
Joplin, Missouri.

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Robert Mills

United States Social Security Death Index

Age 79
Given Name Robert
Surname Mills
Birth Date 06 November 1919
State Missouri
Last Place of Residence Jasper, Missouri
Previous Residence Postal Code 64801
Event Date 15 June 1998

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Robert Mills
Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957

Robert Mills mentioned in the record of Robert Mills and Alberta Shallenburger

Event Type Marriage
Event Date 03 June 1950
Event Place , Benton, Arkansas
Registration Place , Benton County, Arkansas

Name Robert Mills
Gender Male
Age 30
Birth Year (Estimated) 1920
Residence Place Joplin, Jasper, Missouri

Spouse's Name Alberta Shallenburger
Spouse's Residence Place Joplin, Jasper, Missouri
Spouse's Residence City Joplin
Spouse's Residence County Jasper
Spouse's Residence State Missouri
Spouse's Gender Female
Spouse's Age 33
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated) 1917

Page 89

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Citing this Record

"Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N976-MJT), Robert Mills and Alberta Shallenburger, 03 Jun 1950; citing , Benton, Arkansas, United States, county offices, Arkansas; FHL microfilm 1,994,614.

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Note: After they'd married the first time, they found out her divorce had not been final, and their marriage wasn't legal. They went back and got married again.

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Robert W Mills
Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957

Robert W Mills mentioned in the record of Robert W Mills and Alberta Shallenburger

Event Type Marriage
Event Date 20 April 1949
Event Place , Benton, Arkansas
Registration Place , Benton County, Arkansas

Name Robert W Mills
Gender Male
Age 29
Birth Year (Estimated) 1920
Residence Place Joplin, Jasper, Missouri

Spouse's Name Alberta Shallenburger
Spouse's Residence Place Galena, Cherokee, Kansas
Spouse's Residence City Galena
Spouse's Residence County Cherokee
Spouse's Residence State Kansas
Spouse's Gender Female
Spouse's Age 32
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated) 1917

Page 80

View the original document.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DWGQ-FNY?i=885&cc=1417439

Citing this Record

"Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N97T-2BH), Robert W Mills and Alberta Shallenburger, 20 Apr 1949; citing , Benton, Arkansas, United States, county offices, Arkansas; FHL microfilm 1,994,613.

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Robert W Mills

Missouri, Reports of Separation Notices, 1941-1946

Name Robert W Mills
Event Type Military Service
Event Date 09 October 1946
Event Place Old Fort Bliss, El Paso, Texas
Event Place (Original) Ft Bliss, Tex
Residence Place Joplin, MO
Marital Status Single
Military Service Branch Army
Birth Date 6 November 1919
Birthplace Waco, Missouri

Certificate Number 53123
Serial Number 37143397

No image available

Citing this Record

"Missouri, Reports of Separation Notices, 1941-1946," database, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL3Z-4BK2), Robert W Mills, 09 Oct 1946; citing Military Service, Old Fort Bliss, El Paso, Texas, United States, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City.

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Orlena #46627566.
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Robert Worley 'Bob' Mills, Sr.
(November 06, 1919 ~ June 15, 1998)
6 November 1919 — 15 June 1998

***

Robert Mills, Sr.
Services for Robert W. Mills, Sr., 78, 402 N Walnut St., who died June 15, 1998 will be at 2 p. m. Thursday at Derfelt Funeral Home, Galena, Kan.

The Rev. Phil Erwin will officiate. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery, Joplin.

Pallbearers will be Eric Babbit, Robert Garrison, Andy Kinslow, Mike Mills, Bill Mills and Billy Mills.

Graveside military rites will be conducted by the Northeast Oklahoma Veterans Funeral Detail.

The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.

Mr. Mills married Alberta "Sally" Shallenburger on April 20, 1949, at Bentonville, Ark. She survives. An obituary Tuesday listed an inaccurate [1929] date of marriage.

Joplin Globe,
[Mills, Sr., Robert Worley 'Bob'; #53602470]
Wednesday, 17 June 1998,
Page: 8B; 17 of 39; Columns: 1 & 2 of 6.
Joplin, Missouri.

~*~
*~*

Robert Mills, Sr.
Robert W. Mills, Sr.
, 78 , 402 N. Walnut, died at 11:25 a. m. Monday, June 15, 1998, at his home after an illness.

Mr. Mills was born Nov. 6, 1919 , at Waco. He lived most of his life in Joplin. He worked at Vicker's Inc., Joplin, for 32 years, retiring in 1982.

He was a member of Local No. 200 and Robert S. Thurman American Legion Post No. 13.

He was an Army veteran of World War II, serving with the 24th Infantry in the Philippines.

He married Alberta "Sally" Shallenburger on April 20, 1929 [1949], at Bentonville, Ark. She survives.

Additional survivors include two sons, Robert Mills, Jr., and Everett Shallenburger, both of Joplin; a daughter, Connie Butler, Joplin; three grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and a great-great-grandchild.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Derfelt Funeral Home, Galena, Kan. The Rev. Phil Erwin will officiate. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery, Joplin.

Pallbearers will be Eric Babbit, Robert Garrison, Andy Kinslow, Mike Mills, Bill Mills and Billy Mills.

Graveside military rites will be conducted by the Northeast Oklahoma Veterans Funeral Detail.

The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.

Joplin Globe,
[Mills, Sr., Robert Worley 'Bob'; #53602470]
Tuesday, 16 June 1998,
Page: 7A; 7 of 22; Column: 2 of 6.
Joplin, Missouri.

~*~
*~*

188 CARD OF THANKS
_______________________
_______________________


After our stay at Freeman East we are
home now and want to say a special
thanks to the nursing staff and all who
shared in the comforting care they gave
my husband and me. You were all so
kind and comforting. Thanks,
Alberta and Robert Mills.
________________________


Joplin Globe,
[MILLS, Alberta; #55658223 and Robert; #53602470]
Friday, 12 June 1998,
Page: 2C; 18 of 32; Column: 3 of 6.
Joplin, Missouri.

~*~
*~*

188 C A R D O F T H A N K S
_______________________
_______________________


During the loss of our loved one
Robert Mills, Sr. The family would
like to thank friends and neighbors
who sent flowers, cards and food,
those who called, the Doctors and
Nurses, Reverend Phil Irwin,
Pallbearers and singers, Northeast
Oklahoma Veterans Funeral Detail
for the Military Services.
The Robert Mills, Senior Family
________________________


Joplin Globe,
[Mills, Sr., Robert Worley 'Bob'; #53602470]
Tuesday, 30 June 1998,
Page: 6C; 5 of 6; Column: 5 of 6.
Joplin, Missouri.

~*~
*~*

Robert Mills

United States Social Security Death Index

Age 79
Given Name Robert
Surname Mills
Birth Date 06 November 1919
State Missouri
Last Place of Residence Jasper, Missouri
Previous Residence Postal Code 64801
Event Date 15 June 1998

~*~
*~*

Robert Mills
Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957

Robert Mills mentioned in the record of Robert Mills and Alberta Shallenburger

Event Type Marriage
Event Date 03 June 1950
Event Place , Benton, Arkansas
Registration Place , Benton County, Arkansas

Name Robert Mills
Gender Male
Age 30
Birth Year (Estimated) 1920
Residence Place Joplin, Jasper, Missouri

Spouse's Name Alberta Shallenburger
Spouse's Residence Place Joplin, Jasper, Missouri
Spouse's Residence City Joplin
Spouse's Residence County Jasper
Spouse's Residence State Missouri
Spouse's Gender Female
Spouse's Age 33
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated) 1917

Page 89

View the original document.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DY4S-JQM?i=753&cc=1417439

Citing this Record

"Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N976-MJT), Robert Mills and Alberta Shallenburger, 03 Jun 1950; citing , Benton, Arkansas, United States, county offices, Arkansas; FHL microfilm 1,994,614.

~*~

Note: After they'd married the first time, they found out her divorce had not been final, and their marriage wasn't legal. They went back and got married again.

*~*

Robert W Mills
Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957

Robert W Mills mentioned in the record of Robert W Mills and Alberta Shallenburger

Event Type Marriage
Event Date 20 April 1949
Event Place , Benton, Arkansas
Registration Place , Benton County, Arkansas

Name Robert W Mills
Gender Male
Age 29
Birth Year (Estimated) 1920
Residence Place Joplin, Jasper, Missouri

Spouse's Name Alberta Shallenburger
Spouse's Residence Place Galena, Cherokee, Kansas
Spouse's Residence City Galena
Spouse's Residence County Cherokee
Spouse's Residence State Kansas
Spouse's Gender Female
Spouse's Age 32
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated) 1917

Page 80

View the original document.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DWGQ-FNY?i=885&cc=1417439

Citing this Record

"Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N97T-2BH), Robert W Mills and Alberta Shallenburger, 20 Apr 1949; citing , Benton, Arkansas, United States, county offices, Arkansas; FHL microfilm 1,994,613.

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*~*

Robert W Mills

Missouri, Reports of Separation Notices, 1941-1946

Name Robert W Mills
Event Type Military Service
Event Date 09 October 1946
Event Place Old Fort Bliss, El Paso, Texas
Event Place (Original) Ft Bliss, Tex
Residence Place Joplin, MO
Marital Status Single
Military Service Branch Army
Birth Date 6 November 1919
Birthplace Waco, Missouri

Certificate Number 53123
Serial Number 37143397

No image available

Citing this Record

"Missouri, Reports of Separation Notices, 1941-1946," database, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL3Z-4BK2), Robert W Mills, 09 Oct 1946; citing Military Service, Old Fort Bliss, El Paso, Texas, United States, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City.

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Orlena #46627566.
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Inscription

TEC 5 US ARMY
WORLD WAR II
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TOGETHER FOREVER

Gravesite Details

Military Marker:
ROBERT WORLEY
MILLS SR
NOV 6 1919 | JUN 15 1996
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Double MILLS Marker
TOGETHER FOREVER



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