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Robert Eugene “Bob” Purcell

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Robert Eugene “Bob” Purcell

Birth
Asbury, Jasper County, Missouri, USA
Death
16 Apr 1972 (aged 41)
Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri, USA
Burial
Purcell, Jasper County, Missouri, USA GPS-Latitude: 37.2395374, Longitude: -94.4377802
Plot
West C- Section
Memorial ID
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He married Priscilla Dean Gary on Aug. 4, 1948. The next day he went to work for the Kansas City Southrn Railroad until they closed the Asbury section. He went to work for Empire District Electric Co. in 1955. He was working on a high voltage wire when he came in contact with a line carring 72,000 volts then fell 18 feet from a utility pole to the ground. Loving father of two and grandfather of five.
He married Priscilla Dean Gary on Aug. 4, 1948. The next day he went to work for the Kansas City Southrn Railroad until they closed the Asbury section. He went to work for Empire District Electric Co. in 1955. He was working on a high voltage wire when he came in contact with a line carring 72,000 volts then fell 18 feet from a utility pole to the ground. Loving father of two and grandfather of five.


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