Robert Howard (Bud) Reheard was born in Vinita Oklahoma, October 27, 1925.  He passed August 11, 2021 at the age of 95. Arrangement are entrusted to the care of Mobley-Groesbeck Funeral Service of Sand Springs.

He was the third child and first son born to Westly Howard and Lovina Hoglin Reheard.

Survivors include:  His wife of 72 years, Uelene Wasmund Reheard.

Daughters:  Charolette Kay Stephens and her husband Larry and Scarolette Ray Rapien.

Grandchildren:

Chris Stephens, Terry Stephens, Christina McCraw Crane, William Rapien and Stephanie Rapien.

13 Great-Grandchildren:

Brianna Stephens, Shawn Hines, Tyler Stephens, Rylie Stephens, Angelina Rapien, Jasmine Baker, Dannell Rapien, Vernon Sisney, Dixie Moore, Wyatt Wade, Nevaeh Harris, Sawyer Stephens and Westin Rapien.

Bud was preceded in death by:

his father, Westly Howard in 1969, at the age of 71

his mother, Lovina in 1986, age of 87

sister, Agnes of the home in 1980, age 61

sister Virginia Edwards of Welch, Oklahoma in 2016, age of 93

sister, Betty Miller of Miami, Oklahoma in 1994, age of 66

and his brother Tommy of Vinita, Oklahoma in 1984 at the age of 54.

Bud grew up on a small dairy farm at 125 S. Ross St. in Vinita Okla. He helped his dad deliver milk of a morning and then went to work at the Vinita Ice House delivering blocks of ice.

On December 7, 1941, Bud was just 16-years old when Japan declared war on the United States by bombing Pearl Harbor.

He entered the Marine Corps in 1943 after talking his mother into signing the enlistment permission document.

Following his enlistment, he took a train to San Diego where he was stationed at Camp Pendleton for basic training.

Robert H. Reheard served with the 1 ^st Battalion, 13 ^th Marine, Baker Battery, 5 ^th Division of the US Marine Corps.  He was part of the Asiatic Pacific Campaign, July 1944 to 1946 and participated in the Allied Occupation of Japan from September 1945 to June 1946.

He was discharged in 1946 and returned home to Vinita.  Soon he went to work in Guymon, Oklahoma with his Uncle Everett as a carpenter. In November 1948, he came back home and met the love of his life and married her February 27, 1949.  Following a short honeymoon, the young couple moved to Guymon, Oklahoma where his uncle had another job waiting for him.  Soon, the couple returned to Tulsa where he went to work for Hertz Rent-a-Car until a job with Carnation Milk Company as an in-home delivery salesman became available.

In 1957 he went to work for Pepsi-Cola and retired in 1991. During those 34-years he started out as Inventory Control in the warehouse and after demonstrating his carpentry skills by remolding the front offices on the weekends, the Administration decided to put him in-charge of facility maintenance where he stayed until his retirement.

Bud has been a member of the American Legion for 58 years with his current membership with the Billie A. Hall, Jr. American Legion Post 17 in Sand Springs, Oklahoma.

In 2007 Bud was selected as one of the first WWII Veterans to leave out of Tulsa International Airport for Washington DC on the Oklahoma Honor Flight to view the WWII Memorial located on the National Mall… What an adventure that was…visiting the Washington Monument, WWII Memorial, Korean Veterans' Memorial, Viet Nam Veterans' Memorial and ending at the impressive Lincoln Memorial.

Crossing over the Potomac River, they experienced the always emotional, Tomb of the Unknown and witnessed the Changing of the Guard at the Arlington National Cemetery. Also, at Arlington Ridge Park, they visited, his favorite, the U.S. Marine Corps' Iwo Jima Island Memorial. If you look closely, there are 5 Marines and 1 Navy Corpsman that raised our American flag on top of Mount Suribachi on February 23, 1945; you will count 6 men, 12 feet and 13 hands….  Did the artist make a mistake? Some us believe that the extra hand represents the hand of God.

On their return trip, that same day, the soldiers received "Mail Call". Each got a packet with letters and pictures from elementary school kids thanking the soldiers for their service.

This was a trip Bud never forgot, until, Alzheimer's began to take his memory away and later on his ability to care for himself.

Bud was admitted into the Claremore Veterans Center Memory Care unit on May 22, 2020.  This was a very difficult time for the world with the Covid-19 pandemic.  Our visits were limited to viewing thru a window.  During the summer the visits were pleasant as the Center had shady location to sit and visit with him but, as winter set-in those outside visits became too short.

The Family would like to thank the staff at the Claremore Veterans Center for the excellent care they gave him.  We consider each and every one of them a real blessing.  The staff treated him like the Hero he is.