Robert Eugene Michael, 82, Hamilton, Mo., passed away on July 29, 2014, at the Liberty Hospital, Liberty, Mo.

Robert was born on May 11, 1932, in Hamilton, to Roy and Cleta Thompson Michael. He was a 1951 graduate of the Penney High School, Hamilton.

Robert served his country in the Army during the Korean Conflict from 1952-1954. He had worked at the Stride Rite Shoe Factory, Hamilton, taught at the US Trade School in Kansas City, been the custodian for the Hamilton elementary school, and had been a welder and mechanic having owned his own machine shop in Hamilton called Michael Machine & Welding.

Robert was of the Baptist faith, and had been a member of the Northwest Missouri Gas & Steam Engine Association, and a past 30 year volunteer for the Hamilton Fire Department.

Robert was preceded in death by his parents; three brothers, Bill, Paul, and Dorson; and three sisters, Frances Michael, Mary Ruth Michael, and Helen Armstrong.

On May 25, 1956, he married Donna Lawson in Hamilton, Mo. She survives of the home.

Additional survivors: Son, Robert W. Michael, Hamilton; Daughter, Suzanne M. Hunt, Crescent, Oklahoma; and Son, Larry E. Michael, Chillicothe, Mo.; 5 grandchildren; 1 great-grandchild; 6 step-grandchildren; and 2 step-great-grandchildren.

Cremation has been entrusted to Bram Funeral Home, Hamilton.

Memorial Service: 2 p.m., Sunday, August 3, 2014, at the Hamilton United Methodist Church, Family Life Center.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the family.