Robert Pulke

	Robert Pulke, 79, of Pinckneyville, passed away at 12:45 p.m. Wednesday, September 27 in the Skilled Care Nursing Unit of the Pinckneyville Community Hospital.
	Robert was born on September 14, 1921, the son of Alex and Sadie B. (Davis) Pulke.  He was united in marriage to Gloria D. Feltmeyer April 12, 1947 at the St. Paul UCC Church in Pinckneyville and she survives.  Robert was an Army Air Corps Veteran of WWII, a member of the St. Paul U.C.C. Church in Pinckneyville and an avid collector.  He was retired from the Elks County Club where he worked as a Greens Keeper.
	Survivors include his wife Gloria; three daughters, Dehlila Gifford and husband George, Debbie Weber and husband Kevin and Sherry Reuter and husband Denny, all of Pinckneyville; a brother, Morris J. Pulke and Lillian of DuQuoin; a sister Erma Feltmeyer and husband Arthur of Hayworth; four grandchildren and one great-grandson.
	He was preceded in death by his parents.
	Funeral services were held on Saturday, September 30 at 11 a.m. in the St. Paul United Church of Christ in Pinckneyville with Rev. John C. Riggs officiating.  Interment was in the Mueller Hill Cemetery in Pinckneyville.
	Visitation was held on Friday evening from 6 until 9 p.m. and again on Saturday morning from 8 until 9:30 a.m. at Pyatt-Harrawood Funeral Home in Pinckneyville, then at the church from 10 a.m. until time of services.
	Memorials may be made to the Hospice of Perry County.
