ROBERT “BOB” AXTELL

DRAKESVILLE.  ROBERT “BOB” AXTELL, age 80 of Ottumwa and former Drakesville resident died January 16, 2007 at Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines.  He was born January 24, 1926 in Davis County, Iowa to Eldon and Mearlie Cayton Axtell.  He married Mary Baird  April 29, 1951 in Nashua, Iowa.  He served in the United States Army.  He had been a resident of Davis and Wapello counties his lifetime and was a farmer.  He was a member of the National Farmers Organization. 

He is survived by his wife;  2 sons  Phill (Cindy) Axtell of Oskaloosa, Iowa and Keith Axtell of Drakesville, Iowa;  2 daughters  Linda Axtell of Drakesville, Iowa and Deb (Mark) Fenton of Drakesville, Iowa;  8 grandchildren and a great grandson.

He was preceded in death by his parents;  a great grandson Xander Axtell and a sister  Betty Axtell.