Dearment, Robert E. - WWII - Fountain County INGenWeb Project

LAFAYETTE — Robert E. DeArment, 74, Oxford St., Lafayette, died at 8:17 p.m. Monday, March 27, 2000 in VA Medical Center, Danville, Ill. He had been a patient for the past two months. He was born May 14, 1925 in Altoona, Pa., the son of Harold E. and Evelyn E. Houseman DeArment. He married Violet Creamer Jones in 1970 in St. Petersburg, Fla. She preceded in death in 1988. In 1996 he married Barbara Joanie Robbins in Lafayette, who survives. He grew up in Pennsylvania and had lived in Williamsport for 20 years before moving to Lafayette in 1990. He received his high school education and was a graduate of Chef's School of Cooking in Scranton, Pa. He was a master chef for 40 years, cooking in several local restaurants, including the Attica Hotel and the Elks Country Club. For several years, he was master chef at the Showboat Dinner Theatre in St. Petersburg, Fla. After he retired, he worked for the Marsh Store in Lafayette. He served in the U. S. Navy in World War II in the Pacific Theater and was held a P.O.W. for 11 months. He was a 50 year member of the American Legion Post #11 of Lafayette and the VFW. Survivors, besides the wife, include: a daughter and son from a previous marriage, Trudy Jo and Ronald Eugene DeArment; two step sons, Clement Wynn Jones, Indianapolis, John C. Jones, Judyville; two daughters, Donna Jones VanLeer and Launa Sue Jones, both of Lafayette; 12 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren. He was also preceded in death by a brother, Donald. Funeral services were at 2 p.m. Friday in Fisher Funeral Home, Williamsport, with the Rev. Don Williams officiating. Burial was in Riverside Cemetery, Attica, with military graveside rites. – jlr