Robert "Bob" Lee Marler, 77 of Broken Arrow, OK passed away Saturday April 30, 2022 at Hillcrest Medical Center.

Bob's services are in the care of Mobley-Groesbeck Funeral Service of Sand Springs,

Bob was born on February 1, 1945 in Tahlequah, OK to Dewey and Emaline (Shankle) Marler, one of thirteen children.

After high school, Bob joined the US Army on December 6, 1965, serving in Germany and Vietnam before being honorably discharged on November 28, 1968.  He had served as a helicopter crew chief which piqued his love of flying, that he would earn his private pilot wings later and even own his own plane.  He worked in home construction for years, becoming a general contractor building homes, and still had a house close to completion at the time of his passing.  Bob married Delores Delaine Butler and they have celebrated over 50 years together.

Survivors include his wife, Delores; sister, Patricia Gunderson; stepson, John Leisy (Karen); and stepdaughter Cindy Wiseley (Rusty); grandchildren, Rusty Wiseley, Jr. (Sabrina), Chris Wiseley (Andrea), January Kersey (Andrew), Ryan Leisy (Catherine); nine great grandchildren, Collin, Alyssa, Jacob, Abby, Ben, Payton, Cate, Harper and Savannah

Bob was preceded in death by his parents, 4 brothers, Dean, John, Howard and Calvin; and seven sisters, Rosetta Huntsman, Kathleen Forrest, Geraldine Scott, Joyce Steele, Loise Marler, Earldean Marler, and Lola Mae Pogue.

Visitation will be held at Mobley-Groesbeck Funeral Service on Tuesday May 3, 2022 from 6-8 pm with the funeral service at the funeral home on Wednesday May 4, 2022 at 2 pm.  Interment will follow in the Woodland Memorial Park with military honors by the US Army