Bob was born on March 27, 1927 and grew up in Kansas City, Missouri. He joined the Navy in 1944 and received combat air training in Pensacola, Florida. He served on the aircraft carriers, U.S. Solomon and U.S. Guadalcanal, and later the U.S. Navy Destroyer, U.S. Gerring. His final duty station was the Naval Photographic Laboratory, Anacostia, Maryland.
After discharge from the Navy, Bob was Secretary and Treasurer for Bates Grain Company, for 7 years. He then worked the next 35 years for Louis Dreyfus Corporation (LDC) where in his last 10 years with LDC he was trading floor manager on the Kansas City Board of Trade, retiring in 1991.
Bob had been a member of the Presbyterian Churches of Kansas City, Missouri; Raytown, Missouri, and; Raymore, Missouri. He served as Deacon at the Blue Ridge Presbyterian Church, Raytown, Missouri and Elder at the Raymore Presbyterian Church and was a Commissioner to the Presbyterian Church General Assembly in 1993. He became a member of the St. Paul United Methodist Church in Raymore in 1999 where he had served as auditor.
He was active in youth baseball in Raytown, Missouri as manager and coach for different teams. Bob was active in Boy Scouts as well. He served as Scoutmaster for 15 years, attending camp at Boy Scout Camp Osceola (H. Roe Bartle Scout Reservation) and was conferred the status of Honorary Warrior.
Bob was proud of his Native American heritage. His tribal membership in the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma was acknowledged in 1996. He danced as a member on several occasions, including as a war veteran in the Gourd Dance Clan. He received his Eagle Feather from Chief Floyd Leonard in 1999.
He had been a National Weather Service Cooperative Station Observer for Raymore, Missouri from 1997 until recently, and weather observer for WDAF-TV for 20 years.
Bob is survived by his wife of 70 years, Joanne Mclane Doudrick; by their sons Robert L Doudrick, Richard R. Doudrick, and Dale B. Doudrick and daughter Janet G. Hall; 6 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
Family will receive friends on Monday December 16, 2019 between 9:00am-10:00am at Mt. Moriah, Newcomer & Freeman Funeral Home, 10507 Holmes Road, Kansas City, Missouri 64131, followed immediately by a Memorial Service at 10:00am.
