Robert M. Overstreet Jr.

1926 - 2016

Robert M. Overstreet, Jr.

Berlin-Robert Mann Overstreet, Jr., age 90, died Saturday, April 16, 2016 at the Harrison House Nursing Home in Snow Hill. Born in Sedalia, Missouri, he was the son of the late Robert and Lena Hainline Overstreet. He attended the University of Kansas for two years majoring in music, later transferring to Central Missouri State College (now Missouri University) where he graduated in 1949. He later received a Master's Degree in Education from there. In 1951 he joined the United States Army and was stationed in Germany. He returned to Sedalia and was associated with his father in the Acme Cleaners until moving to Silver Spring in 1967. For five years he worked for the National Institute of Dry Cleaning before moving to Annapolis where he worked for Montgomery Ward & Co. for twenty years. He retired and moved to Ocean Pines in 1986.

He was a member of the Ocean City-Berlin Optimist Club, and St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Berlin where he was the church organist and choir director.

A graveside service will be held on Sunday, April 24, 2016 at 11:30 AM at St. Paul's Episcopal Churchyard, 3 Church St. in Berlin. MD. Rev. Michael Moyer will officiate. In lieu of flowers a donation in his memory may be made to: St Paul's Episcopal Church, P.O. Box 429, Berlin, MD 21811. Arrangements are in the care of the Burbage Funeral Home in Berlin. Letters of condolence may be sent via: www.burbagefuneralhome.com