Robert W. Layer
– December 3, 2022
Robert Wesley Layer (Bob), 94, passed away on Dec. 3, 2022, in Sun City Center, Fla. He was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., in 1928, to his late parents, Viola E. Houck and Wesley Homer.
He graduated from N.Y.U. with a B.A. in chemistry and the University of Cincinnati with a Ph. D. in chemistry.
He is predeceased by his first wife, Barbara (nee Nelson), and survived by his loving wife, Nancy (nee Hitchcock); his three children, Steven (Joann), David (Susan), Caren (Ed); three grandchildren, Erin, Joshua and Caslin; and his stepchildren, Donna (Ted), Sherry (Ray); two stepgrandchildren, Becky (Chris), Ryan (Connie); and 12 stepgreat-grandchildren.
He joined the B.F. Goodrich Company R & D in Brecksville, Ohio, where he worked 39 years as a research chemist looking for new chemicals needed for the manufacture of rubber products, antioxidants, accelerators, etc.
Bob published papers, gave technical talks, helped sales and marketing with customer visits where he traveled to interesting places in the world. He was a member of the American Chemical Society Rubber Division and won one of its highest awards, The Melvin Mooney Award, for valuable contributions to science and technology of the rubber industry. Bob was proud of his four patents and two others he worked on jointly. Bob enjoyed golfing, sailing, exercising, traveling and reading, but the love of his life was dancing and music.
The family will be having a memorial service and celebration of life at 10 a.m. on Jan. 16 at the Sun City Center Funeral Home with lunch to follow. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to the Alzheimer's Association.
He graduated from N.Y.U. with a B.A. in chemistry and the University of Cincinnati with a Ph. D. in chemistry.
He is predeceased by his first wife, Barbara (nee Nelson), and survived by his loving wife, Nancy (nee Hitchcock); his three children, Steven (Joann), David (Susan), Caren (Ed); three grandchildren, Erin, Joshua and Caslin; and his stepchildren, Donna (Ted), Sherry (Ray); two stepgrandchildren, Becky (Chris), Ryan (Connie); and 12 stepgreat-grandchildren.
He joined the B.F. Goodrich Company R & D in Brecksville, Ohio, where he worked 39 years as a research chemist looking for new chemicals needed for the manufacture of rubber products, antioxidants, accelerators, etc.
Bob published papers, gave technical talks, helped sales and marketing with customer visits where he traveled to interesting places in the world. He was a member of the American Chemical Society Rubber Division and won one of its highest awards, The Melvin Mooney Award, for valuable contributions to science and technology of the rubber industry. Bob was proud of his four patents and two others he worked on jointly. Bob enjoyed golfing, sailing, exercising, traveling and reading, but the love of his life was dancing and music.
The family will be having a memorial service and celebration of life at 10 a.m. on Jan. 16 at the Sun City Center Funeral Home with lunch to follow. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to the Alzheimer's Association.