Memorial service, with full military honors, for MAJ (Retired) Robert "Bob" Stinson will be at 10:00 a.m. Friday, June 23, 2023 at Boulevard Congregational and Christian Church with Rev. Rachel James, Pastor officiating.

Bob was born in Dixon, Illinois on June 27, 1937 to Harold M. and Beulah E. "Billie" (Bailey) Stinson. He passed away Sunday, June 11, 2023. He married Nancy Lee Needham on August 27, 1960 in Saginaw, Michigan. Nancy passed away on October 23, 2019 after being married for 59 years. He earned a bachelor's degree in journalism from Central Michigan University in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan. Bob was a retired veteran of the United States Army and had tours of duty in West Germany, South Korea, and Indonesia overseas and tours of duty in the United States in Indianapolis, Indiana, Washington, D.C., Stewart Field, New York, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, and finally at Fort Sill, Oklahoma.

Once retiring from the Army, Bob became very active in the Lawton/Fort Sill community, especially Arts for All and the Military Order of World Wars. He enjoyed the Lawton Community Theater, anything golf related, dabbling in the stock market and he loved his bourbon. He was very intelligent and had a dry sense of humor.

Bob is survived by his two sons, Jay Stinson and wife Kimberly Carbone of Prosper, Texas, and Jeff Stinson and wife Tori Miller of McKinney, Texas, and numerous grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents, wife, and brother, Larry Stinson.