Robert Nicholas Schumacher

Robert Nicholas Schumacher, age 90, of Williamsburg, Virginia, passed away on Monday, October 10, 2022. Robert or "Bob" was born in Gary Indiana to Alice (Marbach) Schumacher and Anthony Schumacher on November 25, 1931. After serving in the Army, he graduated from Purdue University with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. He worked for the Martin Co. (now Lockheed Martin) and was instrumental in making a viable fuel system for the Gemini Titan project. He then worked at Aberdeen Proving Grounds in Research and Development. Having to travel to Denver Colorado to do blast testing, he reconnected with who would become his beloved wife, Anne (Buck) Peppers. They were married on June 29, 1972. She predeceased him in 2017.

He gathered two stepchildren in the bargain, Alfred Wayne Peppers Jr. who predeceased him in 1997, and a daughter, Cynthia (Peppers) Marshall. The word "step" quickly fell away as he became the loving Dad who was missing in their lives.

Bob is predeceased by his older brother, Richard and his nephew, Richard Schumacher Jr.

He leaves behind his daughter, Cynthia, her husband, Jeffery E. Marshall, four grandsons, Stephen Werneke, Thomas Werneke (Jenevieve), Brandon Marshall (Sarah) and Douglas Marshall and four great grandsons, Kody, Aiden, Stephen and Bentley.

Contributions can be sent to Alzheimer's Association, 502 Washington Avenue, Suite 300, Towson, MD 21204.