Robert Joseph Diersing

Robert Joseph Diers­ing passed away peace­fully at his home on Wednes­day (Aug. 17, 2011) at the age of 72.

He was born on Aug. 29, 1938 to Robert Edward and Mary Rose (Klem­pay) Diers­ing in Youngstown. Bob, as he was known to fam­ily and friends, was a long­time res­i­dent of Delaware. He was a beloved hus­band, father and grand­fa­ther and will be deeply missed by those who loved him. Bob grad­u­ated from the Uni­ver­sity of Notre Dame in 1960 and The Ohio State Uni­ver­sity in 1962 with a BS and MS in Met­al­lur­gi­cal Engi­neer­ing. His long and dis­tin­guished career included posi­tions with the Bat­telle Memo­r­ial Insti­tute in Colum­bus, Reac­tive Met­als Cor­po­ra­tion in Niles and Cabot Berylco Cor­po­ra­tion in Read­ing, Pa. For 25 years, he was vice pres­i­dent and sales man­ager of Semco, Inc. in Mar­ion and has been rec­og­nized as an expert in the beryl­lium die-cast indus­try. Bob was a mem­ber of St. Mary Catholic Church in Delaware, where he reg­u­larly served as an usher at mass, and was also a mem­ber of the Knights of Colum­bus. A pas­sion­ate fol­lower of Notre Dame foot­ball, he also enjoyed inter­na­tional travel, clas­sic car shows and look­ing after his gar­den and lawn.

He is sur­vived by his lov­ing wife of 48 years, Car­olyn (Deyo); his chil­dren and their spouses, Robert C., Tim­o­thy J. (Wendi), Charles M., Sheila (Robert) Blue and Christina Zamarro; his sis­ter, Sis­ter Mary Ann Diers­ing of Can­field; as well as eight grand­chil­dren and numer­ous cousins.

The fam­ily will receive friends from 2 to 5 p.m. Sun­day, Aug. 21, at the Rod­man Neeper Funeral Home, 1510 W. William St., Delaware where a vigil of prayer ser­vice will be held at 2 p.m. Funeral mass will be cel­e­brated at 10 a.m. Mon­day, Aug. 22, at St. Mary Catholic Church, 82 E. William St., Delaware, with the Rev. Fr. James Black offi­ci­at­ing. Bur­ial will fol­low in Oak Grove Ceme­tery. The St. Mary Bereave­ment Com­mit­tee will then host a recep­tion in the Rod­man Neeper Com­mu­nity Room imme­di­ately fol­low­ing the grave­side services.

Memo­r­ial con­tri­bu­tions in Bob’s mem­ory can be made to the Amer­i­can Can­cer Soci­ety (cancer.org).

To share a mem­ory of Bob or to offer con­do­lences to the fam­ily, please visit rodmanneeper.com.

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