Robert Underwood

Robert L. Underwood, age 95, died March 30, 2010. He was born August 31, 1914, in Essex Twp. at the family home where he lived his entire life. Robert was the son of Abram and Edith (Payne) Underwood. He was a member of Maple Rapids Congregational Christian Church, served for five years with the US Army during WWII in the Pacific Theater, a member of the V.F.W. Post #3733 Fowler, and a farmer his whole life, raising sheep and black Angus cattle. He married Wanona Earl in Maple Rapids on April 24, 1971, and she preceded him in death in May of 1999.

Surviving Robert is his sister, Lorraine Wright and many special nieces and nephews. Also preceding him are his parents, four sisters and their husbands, Reba (Vern) Craig, Theda (Nelson) Hull, Leda "Jack" (Marion "Buck") Husted, Maple (Don Upton, Elston Hicks) Upton Hicks, three brothers and their wives, Acil (Madge) Underwood, Anzel "Dud" Underwood, Merwyn "Oak" (Evelyn) Underwood, brother in law, Clinton Wright, and infant sister, Eva Leone Underwood and infant brother, Eldon Underwood.

Funeral Services will be at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, April 3, 2010, at the Abbott Chapel of Osgood Funeral Homes, 509 E. Main St., Maple Rapids, with Pastor Kathy Leydorf officiating, entombment to follow at Payne Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home 2-4 and 6-8 p.m., Thursday. Memorials may be made to V.F.W. Post #3733 Fowler or the charity of family's choice, in Robert's name.

To learn more about Robert and view his Life Story film, visit his personal webpage at www.lifestorynet.com/memories/57515 , where you can share a memory or photo, and sign his memory book.