Robert Dean Krein

Robert Dean Krein, 77 year old resident of Gentry, Arkansas, died July 22, 2012 at Siloam Springs Regional Hospital. Born March 18, 1935 in Jamestown, North Dakota, he was the son of Jacob Webster Krein and Emma Goldie Krueger Krein. Robert married Nora Williams on August 7, 1970 at the Little Brown Church in the Vale in Nashua, Iowa. He worked as a building contractor and was a member of the Springtown Seventh-day Adventist Church. Robert was preceded in death by his parents and one grandson, Cayden Elliott Wren. Robert is survived by his wife, Nora of Gentry, Arkansas; one daughter, Linda Jo Anne Krein Wren and husband Jim of Lincoln, Nebraska; three sons, Robert J. Krein and wife Jena, Thomas Dean Krein and wife D'Rae, and James Daryl Krein and wife Judy Kay, all of Gentry; 11 grandchildren, one great-grandchild, two brothers, Don Krein and wife Wanda of Portland, Oregon, and Bill Krein and wife Linda of Lincoln, Nebraska; two sisters, Marilyn Rexin and husband Jim of Jamestown, North Dakota and Charleen Leavitt and husband Roland of Lincoln, Nebraska; and several cousins, nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be 5:30 p.m., Wednesday, July 25, 2012 at the Gentry Seventh-day Adventist Church, Gentry, Arkansas. Burial will follow at Gentry Cemetery. Visitation will be 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Tuesday, July 24, 2012 at Wasson Funeral Home, Siloam Springs, Arkansas. To sign the online guest book, visit www.wassonfuneralhome.com. Arrangements are under the direction of Wasson Funeral Home, Siloam Springs, Arkansas.