Obituary of Robert D. Hampton

Robert (Bob) D. Hampton, age 78, of Osage Beach, Missouri passed away due to complications from open heart surgery on Friday, November 6, 2020 at SSM Health St. Mary’s Hospital in Jefferson City, Missouri.

He was born September 16, 1942 in St. Louis, Missouri to Keith and Ruth (Fortney) Hampton.

Bob was reared in Festus, Missouri.

Robert (Bob) was a veteran of the United States Army. He served from 1966 – 1969(72). Two of those years were spent in South Korea.

He was also a long time member of the American Legion Post 179, St. Louis, Missouri.

Bob worked for Union Electric for 35 years. Twenty-one of those were as the customer accounts supervisor.

On May 31, 1969, Bob was united in marriage to Talisa. They were married for 51 ½  years.

In addition to his wife, Talisa, he is survived by their granddaughter, Amanda, her husband, Dustin, and three great-grandchildren, Luca, Maya, and Aubrey. He is also survived by one maternal aunt Marie Link, three sister-in-laws, Pat, Vicki, and Brenda, three brother-in-laws, John, Ken, and Ron, seven nephews, three nieces, their spouses, and numerous cousins, and great nieces and nephews.

Bob was preceded in death by his parents Keith and Ruth and his one sibling, Richard (Rick).

Services will be held at 2:30 pm on Saturday, May 15, 2021 at Hedges-Scott Funeral Home in Osage Beach, Missouri. Visitation will follow services until 4:00 pm at the funeral home. An additional service will be held on Saturday, June 5, 2021 from 2:00 - 4:00 pm at Vinyard Funeral Home in Festus, Missouri.