NAME: ROBERT LEWIS VAN ZANDT JR, AGE 64, OF ATOKA, OKLAHOMA.

BORN: NOVEMBER 27, 1941 AT ANSON, TX TO ROBERT LEWIS SR AND QUANITA COURTNEY (EDWARDS) VAN ZANDT.

PASSED AWAY: TUESDAY, JULY 11, 2006 AT THE DALLAS V.A. CENTER.

AGE: 64 YEARS 7 MONTHS AND 14 DAYS

EDUCATION: ROBERT RECEIVED HIS G. E. D. IN THE SERVICE.

MARRIED: PATRICIA BECKER ON OCTOBER 12, 1965 AT HOLLYWOOD, CA. HE AND PATRICIA RENEWED THEIR VOWS ON JULY 23, 1978 AT LAS VEGAS, NV.

OCCUPATION: HE WAS A PLUMBER AS WELL AS APARTMENT, RESTAURANT, AND MOTEL MANAGER.

ROBERT SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U. S. MARINES FOR 6 YEARS.

HE LOVED TO GOLF AND FISH AND HE WAS A GOLF MARSHALL.

SURVIVED BY

WIFE: PAT VAN ZANDT OF THE HOME IN ATOKA, OK.

CHILDREN: VICKIE LYNN HENDRICKS AND HUSBAND BOBBY OF VANCOUVER, WA.

DONNA MERRITT AND HUSBAND JIMMY OF ATOKA, OK.

FOSTER CHILDREN: JEFF ANDERSON AND WIFE NANCY OF VANCOUVER, WA.

GARY RAY BLUM OF VANCOUVER, WA.

PAULA MCMANUS OF AFRICA.

DONNA HENSERLING AND HUSBAND BOB OF GRANBURY, TX.

RONNIE BLUM OF WALLA WALLA, WA.

LARRY LUNDSTROM AND WIFE REGINA OF KENNEWICK, WA.

"EVEN IF I DID NOT BORN THESE CHILDREN, THEY ARE IN MY HEART AND SOUL FOREVER. I LOVE YOU ALL. THANK YOU, LORD, FOR THEM".

14 GRANDCHILDREN, 2 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN

SIBLINGS: CHARLOTTE QUALLINE AND HUSBAND PETE OF LILLIAN, TX.

AUDREY BARKER AND HUSBAND DON OF NORMAN, OK.

EDDIE VAN ZANDT OF ALVARADO, TX.

HALF SIBLINGS: IMA JEAN OF MISSOURI.

JIMMY CORTNEY OF TEXAS.

ROY CORTNEY OF TEXAS.

DON CORTNEY OF MONTANA.

PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

FATHER: ROBERT VAN ZANDT SR.

MOTHER: QUANITA CORTNEY.

STEP MOTHER: BILLE L. VAN ZANDT

SON: JIMMY ANDERSON

DAUGHTER: CHERYL PITTMAN.

DATE OF MEMORIAL SERVICES: SATURDAY, JULY 15, 2006 AT 2:00 P.M.

PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.

INTERMENT: ASHES TO BE TAKEN TO WASHINGTON STATE TO THE OCEAN.

OFFICIATING: PASTOR JARED ALLEN.

ASSISTING: ROCKY CLAYTON.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: R. J. RAINS, HARLEY NEAL, JIMMY MERRITT, RICKY DYKES, DORA LEE MOORE, MARGARET KNIGHT, EDDIE VAN ZANDT JR, AL NIEMO.

FAMILY NIGHT: FRIDAY, 7 - 8 P.M.