Robert “Bob” Snook

Robert “Bob” Snook, 93, passed away peacefully at Missouri Veterans Home in Mt. Vernon on Feb. 3, 2026. He was born on April 11, 1932, in Washburn, to John and Blanche (Haddock) Snook.
He graduated from Exeter High School and on Oct. 26, 1954, he married Bertha Nickle. They had four children. He worked for a logging company in Oregon during his high school years, then as a logging truck operator in Stillwater, Okla. with Welex for 10 years, and after relocating with his family to the Springfield area, he was employed as an overnight plant manager at Zenith for an additional 27 years. After he retired from Zenith, he then began driving a school bus for both the Willard and Republic school systems. He was drafted into the US Army and honorably served his country during the end of the Korean War. He attended church at Glendale Baptist, First Baptist of Clever and finally First Baptist in Republic. He always taught Sunday School classes at the church the family attended and served as a deacon at First Baptist in Clever.
Surviving are his children, John Robert Snook and his wife Rebecca, Aaron Vincent Snook and wife Marla, Kathleen Jo Irvin and husband Gary and Michelle Ann Snook and her wife Michelle, 12 grandchildren, 28 great-grandchildren, as well as a host of nieces, nephews and other extended family and friends.
He is preceded in death by his parents, his wife Bertha of 64 years, brother Bill Snook and three infant siblings.
Family received friends and relatives from 10-11 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 11, at Meadors Funeral Home in Republic. Funeral services followed at 11 a.m. and he was laid to rest beside his wife in Maplewood Cemetery in Exeter, where he received military honors, following services in Republic. Services are under the direction of Meadors Funeral Home and online condolences may be made at www.meadorsfuneralhome.com.