Robert "Bob" L. Tracy

Robert “Bob” L. Tracy of Muskogee, Oklahoma passed away Wednesday, August 13, 2014 at the age of 94. He was born February 9, 1920 in Tulsa, Oklahoma to Hiram Ishmal Tracy and Princess Marie Tracy. Bob graduated from Wagoner high school in 1933. Bob worked for a year on a WPA Canal Project in Grand Junction, Colorado in 1938. He proudly served his country during WWII from May 1942 to December 1945 and received an Honorable Discharge. He was a Technical Sergeant Radar Mechanic for the U.S. Army and Signal Corps in Australia, Solomons, New Guinea, and the Philippines. In 2011, Bob and other veterans had the privilege of traveling with Oklahoma Honor Flights to Washington D.C. to visit memorials made in their honor, for their services and sacrifices. After his service to his country, Bob came home and worked at Locke Seed House, Thompson Seed and Farmers Co-Operative. His family kindly remembers how much he enjoyed his career and recalls how he started as a salesman and worked his way to management. After his retirement from Farmers Co-Op, he worked for Commercial Bank Parking Lot. He enjoyed being around all of his family, sports and gardening. Bob is preceded in death by his wife Ruby L Wray; parents, Hiram Ishmal Tracy and Princess Marie Tracy; sisters, Helen Dodge and husband Guy, Ruth Swaim and husband Jack, Dorothy Ewing and husband Kenneth; brothers, Gene Tracy and wife Lucille, Jim Tracy and wife Eva Mae, Raymond Tracy and Ben Tracy. He is survived by his sons, Richard Tracy and wife Brenda, Bobby Tracy; Grandchildren, Cindy Buie and husband Chris, Kayla Tracy, Kyle Martin, and Trudy Tracy; great grandchildren, Brenley Buie, Haden Buie, Kealan Martin, and Makenzie Seiber; sister, Sara Pope and husband Jack; brother, Charles “Red” Tracy and wife Norma; special cousin, Bill and Jeannetta Dodge and numerous nieces, nephews, family and friends. A memorial service celebrating Bob’s life will be 11:00 am, Wednesday, August 20, 2014 at Ft. Gibson National Cemetery with Chaplain Marty Luckie officiating. Full Military Honors will be presented. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorials be made to the American Legion Post #56, P.O. Box 343, Haskell, Oklahoma 74436. Funeral services are under the direction of Cornerstone Funeral Home, 1830 North York Street, Muskogee, Oklahoma. Condolences may be made to the family online @www.cornerstoneofmuskogee.com.

Robert "Bob" L. Tracy

February 9, 1920 - August 13, 2014