Robert Everett Persing

June 7, 1945 - May 2, 2019

Robert Everett Persing, lifelong resident of New Middletown, Ohio, passed away on May 2, 2019 at the Cardinal Nursing & Rehab clinic in South Bend Indiana. He was 73. Robert was born on June 7, 1945 in Youngstown, Ohio, son of the late Ernest Everett and Helen Marie Kohler Persing. Robert had earned a Masters degree in Education (Science) all while working for Ohio Edison and then been employed as a science teacher for the Austintown School district grades 7 thru 8 for 30 yrs. Robert enjoyed the outdoors, hunting and fishing spending time with family and serving his Church. He is survived by his wife the former Marilyn Jean Cornell whom he married on March 24, 1968 who resides in Wakarusa Indiana. children, Corey Robert Persing of Thailand, Paula J Persing Steiner of Wakarusa, Indiana, Christopher Lane Persing of South Bend, Indiana and, Eight Grandchildren. Besides his parents, Robert was preceded in death by Sister Wanda Marie Persing Black. Services were Saturday May 11, 2019 at 11 am at the Free Methodist Community Church (Freedom Church) in New Middletown, Ohio. Robert was laid to rest in the Green haven Cemetery.