Robert Fulton McClanahan, 73, of North Oakland died at 2:15 a.m. Wednesday after a long illness.

Born in Armstrong County, Feb. 24, 1933, he· was a son of Robert E. and Leola Walters McClanahan.

He graduated from Shannock Valley High School and served as a military policeman in the Air Force during the Korean War.

He married Joan M. Graham McClanahan on July 10, 1954, and they had five children and made their home in the Chicora area.

Following his military service, he worked at Magnetics in East Butler for 11 years. He also owned and operated the Bruin Bowling Lanes and the Colonial Inn in Chicora for 10 years before working for the U.S. Postal Service and retired in 1977.

He was a member of St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church of North Oakland. He was a former member of the Chicora Rifle Team, the Butler County Rifle League and the New Castle Post Office bowling team and golf league.

He enjoyed the outdoors and was an avid hunter.

Surviving are his wife, Joan Graham McClanahan; a daughter, Deborah McClanahan of Slippery Rock; a son, Timothy McClanahan of Slippery Rock; twin sons, Terry McClanahan and his wife, Diane, of Chicora and Kerry McClanahan and his wife, Karen, McClanahan, all of Chicora; nine grandchildren, Clinton, Corrina, Adrienne, Mitchell, Clayton, Dustin, Holly, David and Shane; and six great-grandchildren, Sebastian, Hunter, Parker, Mariah, Madison and Macie.

Four sisters, Audrey Goldstrom, Bonny Jordan, Evalyeen Green and Lawanna Baptiste, also survive.

He was preceded in death by a son, Blaze McClanahan; a sister, Genevieve, and a brother, Ted.

<B>MCCLANAHAN </B>— Friends of Robert Fulton McClanahan, who died Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2006, will be received from 6 to 9 p.m. today at the <B>STEIGHNER FUNERAL HOME</B>, 111 E. Slippery Rock St., Chicora. A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m. Friday at St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church, 864 Chicora Road, with the Rev. DePaul Ripko, O.F.M. Cap., officiating. Everyone is to meet at the church.Burial will follow at the church cemetery.