Robert Clair Sheets, son of Clair Robert and Josephine Ann Plank Sheets, was born March 2, 1934, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He was a Tipton High School graduate and attended Mortuary Science College in St. Louis Missouri where he received his Mortuary of Science Degree. On December 15, 1951, Robert was united in marriage to Patricia Ann Smith in Tipton, Iowa. He was a past member of the Tipton Lion's and Tipton Rotary Club. He retired in 1991 as a 2nd generation funeral director and past owner of Sheets and Son Funeral Home in Tipton, Iowa. Robert is loved and survived by his wife, Patricia Sheets of Tipton, Iowa; his daughters, Linda Williams and husband, Michael of Dike, Iowa, and Teresa Agne and husband, Brian of Tipton, Iowa; his sons, James Sheets and wife, LuAnnn of Ijamsville, Maryland, Brent Sheets and wife, Gail of St. Charles, Illinois, and Scott Sheets and wife, Catherine of Sterling, Illinois; 10 grandchildren and 6 great grandchildren; and brothers, Wally Sheets and wife, Beth of Sarasota, Florida, and Tom Sheets and wife, Rhonda of Independence, Iowa. He was preceded in death by his parents. In lieu of flowers a memorial has been established for the Robert Sheet...[more]