Joseph "Robert" Inman 1918 - 1999

INMAN, KING, MCGINLEY, RAVENSCRAFT

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Date: 11/1/2014 at 20:25:44

Sioux City Journal
29 July 1999

Joseph "Robert" Inman, 81, of Sioux City died Monday, July 26, 1999, at his residence following a lengthy illness.

Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at Meyer Brothers Colonial Chapel, with his son-in-law, the Rev. Saleem Ghubril officiating. Burial will be in Graceland Park Cemetery. Visitation will be 4 to 8 p.m. today, with the family present 6 to 8 p.m., at the funeral home.

Mr. Inman was born March 21, 1918, in McAlester, Okla., the son of Leander and Ethel (King) Inman. He was raised in McAlester and attended college in Durant, Okla.

He married Marjorie McGinley and later married Rose R. Ravenscraft on Aug. 22, 1959, in St. Louis. He was employed in tire sales. He had been the national sales manager for Gates Rubber Co. before moving to Sioux City in 1962. He purchased Bixby Tire Co. in 1962 and operated it until 1988.

He was a 32nd Degree Mason.

Survivors include his wife; four daughters, Drucilla Schroll of Chadron, Neb., Donna Kaplan of Seattle, Trudy Kennedy of Dallas, and Patricia Ghubril of Pittsburgh; a son, Michael of Kingsley, Iowa; a brother, Ray of Oregon; a sister, Mel Blassingame of Littleton, Colo.; nine grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by six brothers and sisters.

Pallbearers will be Michael Inman, Walter and Kirt School, Dr. Robert Powell, Nathan Ghubril and Greg Bartlett