Robert W. Harmeyer, 81, 1802 Winston Drive, St. Marys, died at 11:40 a.m. Dec. 16, 2007, at Valley Nursing Home, St. Marys.

He was born Jan. 26, 1926, in New Knoxville, to William B. and Meta Hartung Harmeyer. On June 18, 1950, he married Donna M. Topp, who survives.

Other survivors are three sons, Robert Jr., Daytona Beach, Fla., Doug (Cindy), Chillicothe, and Don (Patricia), Underhill, Vt.; a daughter, Kathy, Fairfield; a sister, Evelyn (Dale) Grimes, New Knoxville; and four grandchildren.

He was a self-employed public accountant for 40 years. He was a 1944 graduate of New Knoxville High School and the Northwestern School of Commerce and a U.S. Marine Corps veteran, serving during World War II. He was a member of St. Paul's United Church of Christ, St. Marys, where he served as a deacon and assistant superintendent of its Sunday school. He also was a member and past president of the St. Marys Area Chamber of Commerce, Accountancy Association of Ohio and the Lima Chapter of the Public Accountants Association of Ohio.

Services are 10 a.m. Tuesday at Miller-Long & Folk Funeral Home, St. Marys. Burial with graveside military rites is at Elm Grove Cemetery, St. Marys.

Calling is 6-8 p.m. today at the funeral home.

Condolences can be made at www.millerfuneralhomes.net.