FARGO - The funeral for Robert Dale "Bob" Ishmael, 59, who died Tuesday at South Community Hospital, Oklahoma City, will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Liberty Baptist Church in Fargo. The Rev. B.W. Goodson will officiate. Burial will be in Fargo Cemetery under the direction of Good Samaritan Funeral Home.
He was born July 28, 1930, in Wagner, S.D., to Lincoln D. and Pearl Ishmael and moved with the family to May in 1937. He served with the U.S. Army during the Korean Conflict. On May 24, 1953, he married Shirley Jeffrey. They lived in Fargo. He recently retired from Farmers Coop Association in Fargo and was a member of Liberty Baptist Church.
Surviving are his wife; one daughter, Mrs. Kevin (Kathy) O'Hair of El Paso, Texas; one son, Ned of Oklahoma City; two sisters, Mrs. Leo (Anna Mae) Jordon of Woodward and Mrs. Roy (Helen) Jordon of Lefors, Texas; two brothers, William of Lawton and Ray of May; and four grandchildren.