Robert L. Baer

Robert L. Baer, 76, Sun­bury, died Sat­ur­day evening, June 9, 2012, at home sur­rounded by his family.

He was born on Decem­ber 4, 1935, in Lan­caster to the late William and Ros­alie (Calla­han) Baer. A proud U.S. Marine Corp vet­eran, he was a mem­ber of the Sun­bury V.F.W. Post 8736. Bud worked as a truck dri­ver and route super­vi­sor for Colum­bus Dis­trib­ut­ing before retiring.

Always the Marine he was an ornery cuss. Though he was rough on the out­side, he had a heart of gold. He was hap­pi­est shar­ing a story with his many bud­dies. Witty, he enjoyed a good sense of humor and was also a mem­ber of the Sun­bury Eagles.

Over the years his numer­ous inter­ests included golf, soft­ball, bowl­ing, fish­ing and hunt­ing rab­bits when he was young. A gam­bler, he enjoyed video poker, the sun­shine and ocean. His stool was always reserved at the Vil­lage Tav­ern, his favorite spot. He trea­sured his fam­ily and friends and was most proud of his awe­some children.

Bud is sur­vived by his wife of 52 years, Myrna (Smith) whom he lov­ingly called “Smitty”; chil­dren Keith (Jona) of Sun­bury, Stephanie (Jerold) Tear of Hicksville, Lesli (Keith) Kint­ner of Sun­bury, Heidi Baer of Delaware and Derek (Lin­sey) of Cen­ter­burg; 17 grand­chil­dren; a great-grandson; a sis­ter, Mary Hardacre; and a host friends.

He was pre­ceded in death by a brother, Bill Baer, and a sis­ter, Ada Mae Baer.

Grave­side ser­vices will be held 11 a.m. Fri­day (June 15, 2012) in Sun­bury Memo­r­ial Park, led by Jerold Tear. Mil­i­tary hon­ors will fol­low pro­vided by the honor guard of V.F.W. Post 8736. A cel­e­bra­tion of Bud’s life will be held at 12:30 p.m. at 865 Carters Cor­ner Road.

Arrange­ments have been entrusted to DeVore-Snyder Funeral Home in Sunbury.

In lieu of flow­ers con­tri­bu­tions can be made to Home­Reach Hos­pice or Amer­i­can Can­cer Society.

Con­do­lences may be expressed at < www.snyderfuneralhomes.com >.

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