Robert "Bob" Meissner

December 26, 1931 - August 9, 2014

Robert “Bob†Weaver Meissner went to be with the Lord on August 9, 2014.  Bob was born in Steubenville, Ohio December 26, 1931 to Charles Roebling and Elizabeth Weaver Meissner.  After graduating from Redland High in 1949, he served in the Army from 1951 to 1954 in France during the Korean War reaching the rank of Sergeant.  After his military service he returned to Florida and enrolled at the University of Florida where he met his future wife Stella Picciotti.   Bob and Stella were married in 1955.  Bob graduated with honors from the College of Engineering with a degree in Civil Engineering in 1957.  Upon graduation, he and Stella moved to Perry, Florida to work at Buckeye and raise their family.  Bob retired from Buckeye in 1986 after 29 years of service and started his own business IME, Inc.  After several years he moved to Gainesville to work for Skinner and Associates Engineering.  Upon returning to Perry in 1993 he worked as a County Engineer for several years, eventually moving to the Taylor County Health Department where he worked for several more years before returning to entrepreneurial pursuits.  He formed RW Meissner & Associates, an engineering business that operated for a number of years in Perry and served many people in the area.  Bob retired from RW Meissner & Associates in 2007.  Over his 50 years of living in Perry, Bob made many friends and helped many people.  He was loved by his family and friends and he will be missed by all. Bob is survived by one son Kenneth (Kathy) Meissner and their children: Michael, Rachael and Kayla; his daughter Marilyn’s children: Robby, David and Kevin; daughter Carolyn (John) Marty and their children Jennifer, Justin and Ryan and by his brother Charles (Irene) Meissner of Reston Virginia.  He was predeceased by his wife Stella in 2001 and his daughter Marilyn Strange in 2011. A memorial service is scheduled on Saturday, August 16th for 11:00 am at Beggs Funeral Home Perry Chapel with a time of visitation preceding at 10:00 am.  The family requests that memorial contributions be made to the Stella Meissner Memorial Scholarship, University of Florida Foundation, P O Box 14425, Gainesville, FL 32604-2425 (note on the check Stella Meissner Fund) or to the Alzheimer’s Association.