Robert E. McMillen

Robert E. McMillen, 95, of Aurora passed away Monday, Oct. 18, 2021 at the Missouri Veterans home in Mt. Vernon.
He was born to Lloyd and Effie Hutchens McMillen on Feb. 19, 1926 in Two Buttes, Colo.
Survivors include his son, Danny McMillen (Myra Jean) of Lebanon; brothers, Glen McMillen of Towanda, Kan. and Jerry McMillen of Stella; and two grandchildren, Robert and James McMillen of Brooklyn, N.Y.
He was preceded in death by his parents; three wives, Audrey, Carol and Willa Dean; and two brothers, Kenneth and Rex McMillen.
McMillen was a veteran of the 12th Armored Division in WWII and at the end of the war helped establish the constabulary in France. He was a long time member of the First Baptist Church in Aurora, then Carthage. After his return to Aurora, he and Carol joined the Aurora United Methodist Church and later he and Dean were members of the Aurora Fundamental Methodist Church. While in Carthage, he was an active member of the Carthage RC flying club and built and flew his own RC aircraft. He was a lifelong singer and for many years was a member of the Keystone Southern Gospel Quartet.
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 23, in the Peterson Funeral Chapel. Burial followed in Clear Creek Cemetery in Springfield with full military honors.
Visitation was held from 1-2 p.m. Saturday in the funeral home.