Robert P. Scherer Jr.

Robert P Scherer, Jr. was born January 17, 1933 and died October 4, 2012 at home in Atlanta, GA after a very brief battle with lung cancer. ¬Mr. Scherer lived in Atlanta during the winter. But his passion was his beautiful extensive wooden boat collection which was kept at his home in Charlevoix, Michigan where he spent each summer.

Mr. Scherer attended Northwestern University in Evanston, IL until he was drafted into the Army during the Korean Conflict. He later attended the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan. In 1960 at age 27, Mr. Scherer became the President of R. P. Scherer Corporation after the death of his father, who invented the soft gel pharmaceutical capsule machine. Bob built the company and eventually took it public. In 1979 Bob separated the subsidiary companies from R P Scherer and relocated them to Atlanta, GA. A holding company called Scherer Healthcare was formed consisting through the years of as many as twenty-seven separated companies. Bob retired after the sale of the final business in 2003.

Mr. Scherer is survived by his beloved wife of twenty five years, Claudia, his cherished sister-in-law, Jane Dinnen and brother-in-law James Dinnen of Atlanta, GA, his nieces Claudia Reynolds Dinnen of Greenville, SC and Leslie Coonrod Dinnen of Chicago, IL. He leaves behind his sisters Josephine Beardslee of Grosse Pointe, MI and Karla Scherer of Chicago, IL and brother John Scherer also of Grosse Pointe, MI. His children Robert Scherer, Leslie Scherer Reeves, Steven Scherer and Mark Scherer reside in Colorado and California.

A memorial service will be held for Mr. Scherer on Saturday, October 20, 2012 at H.M. Patterson & Son, Spring Hill, Atlanta GA. Visitation will begin at 3:30 pm followed by a memorial service at 4:00 pm. All guests are invited to attend a cocktail reception at the Piedmont Driving Club immediately following the service.

The family requestss that donations in lieu of flowers be sent to the following:

The Women’s Resource Center of Northern Michigan

423 Porter Street

Petoskey, MI 49770

(Please reference Mr. R.P. Scherer, Jr.)

Halcyon Health Care Foundation

1435 Hawcreek Circle East

Suite #402

Cumming, GA 30041

(Please reference Mr. R.P. Scherer, Jr.)