Robert Stanley Zahn

Robert "Bob" Stanley Zahn, 74, from Choctaw, Okla. passed away surrounded by family after a lengthy illness on Thursday, October 29, 2020. Bob was born March 20, 1946 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to H. Stanley and Florence May Ursbruck Zahn. After joining the Airforce in 1965, the Air Force transferred him from Pennsylvania to Tinker Air Force Base in Midwest City, Okla.

After making his new home in Oklahoma, he met and later married Margaret Elaine Morgan on February 2, 1969. They were married for 45 years until Margaret's passing on February 16, 2014. They had 2 daughters.

He was honorably discharged from the Air Force in 1969 and began a career with IBM. While working for IBM, he completed his Bachelors in Computer Science at Central State University in 1979. Bob enjoyed working with computers and later teaching. A few of the companies and educational institutions that were lucky to employ him were IBM, the University of Central Oklahoma, Oklahoma City Community College and Northrup Grumman. After a long and fulfilling third career, he retired in December 2016.

Bob met Debbie in March 2016 and they later married on November 4, 2016. His love of "dad" jokes and his sense of humor was something Debbie loved most about him. They shared several mutual things in common, including a total of four daughters, two sets of boy/girl twin grandchildren and a love for the Lord. They were also blessed with and shared 10 grandchildren. In retirement, Bob had the opportunity to live a life-long dream of owning and riding a Spider motorcycle. He was also a member of the NRA.

Bob loved music from an early age and he learned to play guitar, accordion, piano and organ. He loved blue-grass music and Christian music and listened to, as well as playing, every chance he could.

Friends and family knew him as a gentle, humorous, hardworking, family loving man. Most importantly he loved the Lord. At the time of his death he was a member of Grace Church in Choctaw.

Bob is survived by his wife Debbie, daughters, Rebekah Anne Zahn-Pittser (Ronald Pittser), Elaine Michelle Ward, stepdaughters, Jill Mechelle White (Arkavius White), Julie Dawn Sossamon, grandchildren Lauren, Tanner, Ross, Ryan, Emma,Tayden, Andrew, Morgan, Nathan, Amara, great-grandchildren Gabriel and Quinn, siblings Mark (Elayne), Anne (Dave), Paul (Beth) and several nieces and nephews.

A funeral service will be held Thursday, November 5th at 10:00 a.m. at Grace Church 100 South Choctaw Road in Choctaw. There will be a viewing Wednesday, November 4th from 4:00 - 8:00 p.m. at Bill Eisenhower Funeral Home at 8805 NE 23rd Street, Oklahoma City. He will be buried at Arlington Memorial Gardens, 3400 North Midwest Boulevard, Oklahoma City.

In lieu of flowers, the family asks that contributions be made to Grace Church.