Robert R. Rinehart, 93, Everly

Services in memory of Robert R. Rinehart were held Monday, May 24, 2021, at Hope Lutheran Church in Everly. Pastor Dan Taylor officiated.

Military services were conducted by Everett Boyles, Jr. Post #414, American Legion of Everly. Interment was in Lone Tree Cemetery near Everly. Warner Funeral Home in Everly assisted with the arrangements.

Robert (Bob) Ross Rinehart, the son of Frank Oscar and Henrietta (Peterson) Rinehart, was born Sept. 1, 1927 in Highmore, S.D., and then moved at the age of 8 to the Aberdeen, S.D. area. During that move he and his older brother, Harold, drove the family cow herd from Highmore to the Aberdeen area. Bob was 15 when they moved to a farm south of Everly, where he farmed alongside his dad and brothers. He graduated from Everly Community High School in 1946.

He was drafted in 1951 into the Army during the Korean Conflict, where he went through airborne training at Fort Benning, Ga. He was then stationed at Fort Campbell, Ky. He was discharged in January 1953.

He came back to the Everly area and met his wife, Mary Belle Schomaker. They were married Jan. 16, 1955. They raised four children: Ross, Scott, Chet and Libby in various locations, including Oklahoma, Kansas, Minnesota and Iowa, and called it home. He was a founding member of the North American Limousin Foundation.

Bob died on Thursday, May 20, 2021, at the age of 93. He was preceded in death by his wife, Mary Belle, both parents; his siblings: John Rinehart, Harold Rinehart, Betty Williams, Norma Beals and Lois Noethe; and a daughter-in-law, Shirley Rinehart.

Bob is survived by three sons: Ross (Beverly), of Everly; Scott (Karla), of Rossie; and Chet (Ann) of Soda Springs, Idaho; one daughter, Libby (Bryan) Hight, of Crestview, Fla.; eight grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; four siblings, Marge and (Bill) Daniels, of Texas; Edith Williamson, of Texas; Lowell (Frankie), of Highmore, S.D.; and Mary Calvert, of Fort Smith, Ark.; and other relatives and friends.