Robert J. Sears Sr.

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Robert J. Sears Sr. 87 years old, passed away on Wednesday, January 27, 2016 at Dukes Memorial Hospital. He was born October 11, 1928 at New Paris, Ohio to Willie H. Sears and Fannie (Johnson) Sears, both deceased. He married Betty A. Woodward October 31, 1953 and she passed away on January 3, 2003.

Surviving are two sons Willie H. Sears (fiancée, Susie Green) Peru, Indiana, Robert J. Sears Jr. (wife, Deborah) Winona Lake, Indiana. Also, three daughters, Pamela Mae Myers (husband, Mike) Newton, Kansas, Violet Hunt (companion, Cherokee), Greentown, Indiana, and Judy McKay of New Underwood, South Dakota. There are several grandchildren and great-grandchildren that survive. One daughter-in-law Linda Utter of North Manchester, Indiana. Also surviving is one great-great-grandchild.

Preceding him in death are a wife, both parents, one son-Byron Utter, one son- Hayden Wayne Sears, two brothers, two sisters, and one great granddaughter-Josie Sears.

Robert was a retired foreman for American Landscape. He was also a United States veteran of the Korean Conflict.

Friends may call on Monday, February 1, 2016 from 4:00pm-8:00pm at the Flowers-Leedy Funeral Home.  Services will be held at 2:00 pm on Tuesday, February 2, 2016 at the Flowers-Leedy Funeral Home with Pastor Curtis May officiating. Burial will be at the Mount Hope Cemetery, Peru, Indiana, with the Miami County military rites team providing military service.

Memorials may be made to the Military Rites Team through the Flowers-Leedy Funeral Home. Arrangements have been entrusted to Flowers-Leedy Funeral home. Family and friends may sign the online guestbook at www.FlowersLeedy Allen.com.

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