Robert L. Scherer, 99, died at his home on August 20. Born July 2, 1925, in Cicero, Indiana, Bob was the fourth and youngest son of Harry J.
and Sarah L. Scherer. He graduated in 1943 from Anderson High School, Anderson, Indiana, and immediately joined the Army.
He served in New Guinea, the Philippines, and Okinawa, Japan, with the 11th Airborne Division. While in Luzon, he participated in the release of 2,200 prisoners at Los Banos Prison Camp. The Augusta-Richmond County Historical Society recorded Bob’s experiences in World War II in 2010.
On August 29, 1947, he married Mary C. P’Simer, his high school sweetheart, and they were together for 59 years until her death in 2007. Thanks to the GI Bill, Bob attended Millikin University, Decatur, Illinois, and graduated from there in 1951.
While at Millikin, he served three years as intramural manager and one year as president of Delta Sigma Phi social fraternity. It was at Millikin that Bob fine-tuned his love for college sports, particularly football and basketball, a love that he brought with him to Statesboro and to Georgia Southern’s teams. He was also a life-long fan of the St.
Louis Cardinals baseball team, Big 10 football and basketball and more recently University of Kentucky men’s and women’s basketball. Although Bob had other plans when he graduated from college, he was re-called to active duty during the Korean War and was a first sergeant in a field artillery battalion at Fort Mccoy, Wisconsin. After that fi.