Robert L. Doud, 94, passed away on July 5, 2019 at Bethesda North Hospital following a brief illness. Bob was born May 28, 1925 to Mervyn Doud and Lillian Mae Havlin Doud, and he grew up in Norwood, Ohio. He enlisted in the Air Force after graduating from Norwood High School in 1943. Bob was a flight engineer on the B-24 during World War II and rose to the rank of technical sergeant and top turret gunner as a member of the 765th Bomb Squadron, 461st Bomb Group, 15th Army Air Force in Italy. He enjoyed many reunion trips with members of the battalion, including a tour of Cerignola, Italy in 1993.
He was devoted to his wife Eunice “Booka” Conover Doud. They met in kindergarten, and began dating after the war. They married on July 31, 1948. They raised two sons, Kim Doud (Janet) and Kerry Doud (Candy).
Bob graduated from the University of Cincinnati and was self-employed as an interior decorator, painter and expert wall-paper hanger. He was a talented artist. During his later years he took up woodworking. He carved and hand-painted detailed birds and wildlife. His family looked forward each Christmas to receiving his carved Santa Claus ornament gifts. He enjoyed being tour guide on family vacations to National Parks. Bob and Booka enjoyed dancing.
Bob will be remembered as a quiet, courageous, and kind man, who loved his wife and his family, his many friends, and his country. He was a gracious and generous host, having served as the patriarch of a large and loving, extended family.
He is preceded in death by his parents and sisters Ellen and Mildred (Midge). In addition to his wife and sons, Bob is survived by his three grandchildren--Aaron Doud (Priska), Janel Mason (Patrick), and Kyle Doud, and three great-grandchildren--Luca Doud, Maria Mason, and Micah Mason. Bob was a loving uncle to his sisters' children--Terry, Taffy, Gayle, and his wife's nieces and nephews--the late Michael Sittason, the late Jeffrey “Foxy” Sittason (Soni), Judy Hagaman (John), Rosa Weaver, David Conover (Carol), Leslie Conover (Cathy), and Terri Conover, and many great-nieces and great-nephews. Bob served as a second father to his nieces Robin Sittason and Traci Sittason Stark (Paul) following the death of their father in 1972, and a second grandfather to his great-nieces and nephew--Eden, Savannah, and Hunter Sittason Stark.
A memorial service will be held for Bob on Sunday, July 28, at 2:30 pm at the Mihovk-Rosenacker Funeral Home at 10211 Plainfield Rd, Cincinnati, OH 45241, with the Reverend Paul Sittason Stark officiating. The family will receive guests at a gathering at 1:30 pm and a catered reception will follow the service in the basement of Mihovk-Rosenacher. Interment will be at Rest Haven Memorial Gardens, 10209 Plainfield Rd, Cincinnati, OH 45241, on Monday, July 29 at 10:00 am.
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