Submitted by: Dan Rich

Robert W. Lerner, Sr.

March 19, 1926 - July 18, 1998

South Bend Tribune 7/20/1998

Robert W. Lerner, Sr., 72, of Partridge Woods Drive, Granger, Ind., passed away after an illness at 11:20 a.m. on Saturday, July 18, at the Ironwood Health and Rehabilitation Center, South Bend, Ind. Robert was born in Elkhart, Ind., on March 19, 1926, and returned to this area in 1991, coming from Iowa. Robert retired in 1984 from the Stauffer Chemical Company, Westport, Conn., and from the Solvoy Chemical Company, Charles City, Iowa, in 1989. Robert was a graduate of Colorado State University with a B.A. and a Master's degree in chemistry. He was an associate member of the University of Notre Dame Chapter of Sigma XI, Scientific Research Society, a 45-year member of the American Chemical Society, and belonged to the Elkhart Kiwanis Club, Elkhart Conservation Club and the First United Methodist Church, Mishawaka, Ind. He was a World War II Army Air Corps veteran.

On May 15, 1948, in Mishawaka, Robert married Colleen Davis, who survives. He is also survived by two sons, Dr. Robert W. Lerner, Jr., of Berkley, Mich., and Kenton D. Lerner of Macomb, Ill.; a grandchild and three step-grandchildren; a brother, Ronald E. Lerner of Niles, Mich.; a sister, Charlene Abraham of Indianapolis, Ind.; a stepbrother, Dr. John Helfrich of Sugar Land, Texas; a stepsister, Marsha Watson of Elkhart; and by his father, Walter Lerner, and his stepmother, Jane of Elkhart.

Services will be at 11 a.m. on Tuesday at the First United Methodist Church, Mishawaka. Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the Bubb Funeral Chapel North, 3910 N. Main Street, Mishawaka, and one hour prior to services at the church on Tuesday. Burial will be in St. Joseph Valley Memorial Park, Granger. Memorials may be made to the National Parkinson's Foundation, 1501 N.W. 9th Avenue, Miami, FL 33136.