Robert A. "Bob" Myers

1944 - 2025

Robert A. "Bob" Myers

March 8, 1944 - September 15, 2025

Robert A. "Bob" Myers, 81, of Decatur, IL passed away at 1:16 p.m., Monday, September 15, 2025, in Decatur Memorial Hospital, Decatur, Illinois.

A Funeral Service to celebrate Bob's life will be held at 2:30 p.m., Monday, September 22, 2025, at Calvert & Wikoff Funeral Home, Mt. Zion. The family will receive friends for visitation beginning at 1:30 p.m. until service time. Interment will be Florey Cemetery, Long Creek. Memorials may be made to the Long Creek United Methodist Church, or the Macon County Humane Society, or the Arbor Day Foundation. Messages of condolence may be shared with the family at Calvertmemorial.com.

Bob was born March 8, 1944, in Decatur, IL the son of William and Idella (Kincaid) Myers. He retired as the Superintendent for the Alcohol Plant at ADM Decatur, IL in 2006 after more than 30 years of service. Bob married Cheryl (Lanter) Weaver on January 25, 1965 and they made a beautiful life in Central Illinois. She preceded him in death on July 29, 2012. Bob was a member of the Long Creek United Methodist Church. Friends and family remember him best through their travel memories of snow ski trips to Wisconsin and Colorado and fishing trips to Tennessee and Lake Michigan. Bob shared his love of music by orchestrating violin lessons for himself, his son, Darren and granddaughter, Morgan for several years. He shared a love of American history with granddaughter Audrey. Bob thoroughly enjoyed studying genealogy, was an avid reader of Civil War and President Abraham Lincoln books and growing beautiful roses in his flower gardens. He was a lover of all living creatures but especially his dogs, Gus and Shiela.

Surviving is his son: Darren Myers (Susan) of Lake Wylie, SC; special friend: Carol Tobias of Decatur; granddaughters: Audrey Leihser (husband Trevor Hoban) and Morgan Myers; great granddaughter: Mila Jones; many nieces and nephews also survive.

Bob was preceded in death by his wife: Cheryl, brother: William Clyde Myers, his sisters: Elizabeth Stollard & Peggy Myers, and nieces, Tammison Stollard and Peggy Sue Holman.