Robert (Bob) William Shearer (1920-2007)

SHEARER, BLOMO, LINDERBAUM

Posted By: Ames Tribune
Date: 10/23/2007 at 20:55:47

THE AMES TRIBUNE, Ames, Story County, Iowa, Tuesday, October 23, 2007.

Oct. 30, 1920-Oct. 22, 2007

Robert (Bob) William Shearer, 86, died Monday, Oct. 22, of complications from a stroke while living at Northcrest Retirement Center in Ames. A private family burial will be in Ames Municipal Cemetery.

Bob Shearer was born Oct. 30, 1920, in Ames, to Phineas and Mary Shearer. He graduated from Iowa State University in 1942 with a degree in chemical engineering. During World War II, he worked on the Manhattan Project while working for Mallinckrodt Company in St. Louis, Mo. He worked for Mallinckrodt for more than 20 years before returning to Ames in 1964 to teach chemical engineering at ISU. He also worked with ISU's Center for Industrial Research and Service until he retired in 1987.

He was a member of the SAE fraternity, AI Chem. E., Tau Beta Pi and Ames Rotary.

He is survived by his loving wife, Harriette Elizabeth (Betty), to whom he was married for 65 years; their four children, Steve Shearer, of Tampa, Fla., Carla (Vito) Blomo, of Sacramento, Calif., Barbara (Dennis) Linderbaum, of West Des Moines, and Jim Shearer, of San Francisco; six grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be donated to Homeward Hospice, c/o Mary Greeley Medical Center.

Adams Funeral Home is assisting with arrangements.

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