Bobby Sutterfield

Bobby Dean Sutterfield, 85 year-old resident of Siloam Springs, Arkansas, died February 4, 2012 at Siloam Springs Memorial Hospital. Bob was born December 2, 1926, in Big Flat, Arkansas, the second of six children born to Otis Sutterfield and Margie (Cook) Sutterfield. Bob attended high school in Johnson, Kansas and Big Flat, Arkansas, where he excelled in basketball, having started on the Johnson, Kansas, varsity as a freshman and finishing at Big Flat, Arkansas, where he was cited as the best player in the history of that school. His last action in the sport was in Siloam Springs as a member of the only adult team ever to participate in a northwest Arkansas league. Bob went into the U.S. Army in 1945, at the end of World War II, and was in the first deployment into Japan following the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. He was a member of Cannon Company 27 Infantry from May 1945 until December 1946. Bob was decorated with the Asiatic Campaign Ribbon, Army Occupation Ribbon (Japan) and the Victory Ribbon Overseas Service Bar in addition to several weapons marksmanship awards. Following his military service, Bobby went to New Jersey where he formed a construction company. There, he met Muriel Kaysen in August 1950 and they were married May 19, 1951, in Edison, New Jersey, where they lived until 1963. Before and after retirement, Bob enjoyed outdoor life in fishing, hunting, running his Beagle dogs, beekeeping and gardening which was done through the last fall of his life. Bob is survived by his wife, Muriel; three daughters, Debra Sutterfield, Karen Scott and Linda Foster and her husband David; one grandson, Kevin Hastings and his wife Felicia; two granddaughters, Bobbie Jo Foster and Emma Mae Foster; and two great grandchildren, Aiden Hastings and Beayah Hastings. Other family survivors are Bob’s sisters, Joanne Kincaid and Donna Gardner and her husband, Wil; brothers, Jackie Sutterfield and his wife, Nancy, and Keith Sutterfield and his wife, Mary Ann; along with many nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, February 7, 2012 at Wasson Funeral Home, Siloam Springs, Arkansas with Rev. Jack Steele officiating. Burial will follow at Oak Hill Cemetery, Siloam Springs, Arkansas. Visitation will be 6:30 to 8:00 p.m., Monday, February 6, 2012 at Wasson Funeral Home, Siloam Springs, Arkansas. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Boys and Girls Club of Western Benton County, 655 Heritage Ct, Siloam Springs, AR 72761 or to the Wounded Warrior Project, 4899 Belfort Road, Suite 300, Jacksonville, FL 32256.

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Bobby Sutterfield

December 2, 1926 - February 4, 2012