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Bob Bryant Robert William Bryant was born to Carroll and Lillian (Andrie) Bryant at Hartley, Iowa on May 14, 1925. He grew up in the Hartley area, attending Hartley High School. At age eighteen, Bob enlisted in the Army in January of 1944. He landed at Omaha Beach in Normandy and was wounded in action in September of 1944. He was awarded the Bronze Star. After 5 1/2 months in a hospital in England, he attended a clerk/typist school in England and worked at Headquarters near Paris, France until his discharge in January of 1946. On June 9, 1947 Bob married Delores McCarty at Hartley, Iowa and five children: Bill, Linda, Bonnie, Dee Ann and Roger were born to this union. Bob operated the Standard station in Primghar, worked for Sanborn Municipal Utilities and after 43 years with the U.S. Postal Service; he retired in Arnolds Park, where he could enjoy his great love of fishing. Mr. Bryant died Friday, September 17, 2004 at the Spencer Municipal Hospital at 79 years of age. Bob was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church, the Postal Union and a lifetime member of the VFW. Left to cherish his memory are his wife, Delores Bryant of Arnolds, Park, Iowa, five children, Bill Bryant of Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, Linda Harbst and her husband, Jerry of Spirit Lake, Iowa, Bonnie Barry and her husband, Dave of Des Moines, Iowa, Dee Ann Anderson and her husband, Greg of Bloomington, Minnesota, Roger Bryant and his wife, Trudy of Yates Center, Kansas; sixteen grandchildren, and five great grandchildren. Survivors also include one brother, Bill Bryant and his wife, Marlyss of Larabee, Iowa. He was preceded in death by his parents, and brother, Richard. IN MEMORY MASS OF CHRISTIAN BURIAL PRESIDER MUSIC PALLBEARERS INTERMENT
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