Bob Somerhalder
Services for Robert Gene "Bob" Somerhalder, 84, of Ada are 2:00 p.m. Saturday, January 2, 2016 at the First United Methodist Church in Ada, Rev. David Daniel will officiate.
Mr. Somerhalder passed away Saturday, December 19, 2015 at his home. He was born September 23, 1931 in Burlington, OK to Elias and Mary Lydia Allenbach Somerhalder. He attended grade school in Burlington, OK and graduated from Burlington High School. He attended Northwestern University in Alva before joining the Navy. He received his Bachelor's and Master's Degrees from East Central University in Ada. He and his family moved to this area in 1963 from Pharoah.
He married Carol Jeanne Jones July 31, 1956 in Ada. Mr. Somerhalder was employed with the Allen School System from 1963 until retiring in 1991. He had been the Jr. High Principal, girl's basketball coach and teacher before becoming the High School Principal. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Ada and had served in the U. S. Navy.
Survivors include his wife, Carol Jeanne, of the home; his daughter, Lisa Elliott and her husband John and their children, Christine, Annabelle and Nicholas, all of Ada; a son, Doug Somerhalder and his wife Jenny and their children, Lexi and Brock, all of Oklahoma City; two brothers, Jake Somerhalder and wife Bonnie of Burlington, OK and John Somerhalder of Phoenix, AZ; a sister, Shirley Herd of Garland, TX; many nieces and nephews; and former students who meant the world to him.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Elias and Mary Somerhalder; and three sisters, Kathryn Banwart, Helen Huette and Alberta Rassi.
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Criswell Funeral Home, Ada