Robert DeMuth Sr.

SPRINGFIELD — A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 1, at Buell Funeral Chapel in Springfield for Robert M. DeMuth Sr. of Springfield, who died July 29 of age-related causes. He was 80.

He was born Nov. 11, 1928, in Oriska, N.D., to Matthew and Valentina Bartkowski DeMuth. He married Doris Museta on May 7, 1951, in International Falls, Minn.

He worked for a railroad in Minnesota and later worked for Weyerhaeuser in Springfield until his retirement in 1982.

Survivors include his wife; three sons, Bob Jr. and David, both of Springfield, and Tony of Jasper; two daughters, Suzanne Brunson of Kansas City, Mo., and Janet Painter of Dellsport, Wash.; two brothers, Ernie of Vallejo, Calif., and Joe of Wellton Ariz.; seven grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. A daughter, Julie Monks, died previously.

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