Robert Frank Niemeyer

Robert Frank Niemeyer June 2, 1926 - January 3, 2018 Robert Niemeyer passed away on January 3, 2018, in St. Augustine, Florida, at the age of 91. He was born on June 2, 1926, to William F. and Helen C. (Rhode) Niemeyer in Chicago, Illinois. Bob graduated from Proviso Township High School in Cook County, IL in 1944, and a month later enlisted in the US Navy. Bob served as a Yeoman aboard the USS Hydrographer in the Asiatic Pacific, after completing bootcamp and training at the US Naval Training Center in Great Lakes, Illinois. After WWII, Bob enlisted in the US Coast Guard, where he served in public relations until his retirement in March 1965 after more than 20 years of military service and attaining the rank of Senior Chief Journalist. After military retirement, Bob worked in public relations positions for the City of Miami, the Orlando Chamber of Commerce, and Marco Island, and as news editor for WLBW-TV in Miami, the Bahamas News Bureau in Nassau, and the Greyhound Racing Record in Miami, Florida. In 1973, Bob was instrumental in organizing the Florida Greyhound Owners and Breeders Association, and published The Greyhound Newsletter. Bob married Jane D. Robinson on May 20, 1947, and together they had eight children. He is survived by his wife Jane; his children Marybeth (Bill) McKendrick, Donna (Paul) Studstill, Debra Harling, Alice (Hugo) Nicolai, Robin (Zsolt) Hormay, Mark Niemeyer, Robert (Margie) Niemeyer; and several generations of grandchildren, 41 in all. He is predeceased by his parents, his brother William Niemeyer, his sisters Sharon Currie and Barbara Lee, and his daughter Kathryn Fung (3/6/2013). A memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, January 12, 2018, at the St. Johns Family Funeral Home in St. Augustine, Florida. Interment will be held at the Jacksonville National Cemetery at a future date. Bob's family would like to thank Clyde Lassen State Veterans' Nursing Home and Northeast Florida Community Hospice for the excellent and compassionate care provided to him during the last years and days of his life. Arrangements are under the care of St Johns Family Funeral Home & Crematory.