Jesse B Robertson (Seymour) 's Obituary
Jesse B. Robertson, Jr., beloved husband of Opal Robertson, departed this earthly life on Friday, January 30, 2015, at Glenwood Healthcare Center in Seymour, Missouri. He was ninety years, seven months and thirteen days of age.
One of four children, he was born Jesse Burt Robertson, Jr., on June 17, 1924, to Jesse Burt and Grace Marie (Richwine) Robertson, in Blackwell, Oklahoma.
Jesse married Opal Evelyn Ford on May 27, 1966, and they spent forty-eight wonderful years together. Jesse and Opal later lived on a farm in Mountain View, Missouri, until 2010, when a tornado took their home and they came to reside in Seymour.
Jesse was a veteran who proudly served his country in the United States Navy serving in both World War II and the Korean War. He was a member of the Special Forces known as the Sea Lions, the equivalent of today’s Navy Seals. Jesse spent most of his civilian life working in engineering and as a factory superintendent, but he was a farmer at heart. He and Opal established a farm in Mountain View shortly after marrying. They farmed and raised Herefords, hogs and a menagerie of other animals.
Jesse was a man of faith who professed his faith in Christ at the age of fifteen. He was an extremely intelligent man, having attended the University of Illinois, majoring in mechanical engineering. He loved books and reading and was continually educating himself on new subjects. He was also a man of many accomplishments, including earning his pilot’s license in the early 1960s and then flying countless miles in his Stinson. Jesse designed and built by hand a saw mill to clear the timber from his land.
He leaves behind his wife, Opal, of the home; his brother, Robert E. Robertson, of Columbia, South Carolina; sister, Anna Marie Roberts of Annapolis, Maryland; and sister, Margaret Love and her husband, Robert E. Love, of Pensacola, Florida; also several nephews and nieces, grand-nephews and nieces and several cousins.
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