| Bert Robert Remer |
Bert R. Remer, 85, a retired missile engineer for the Defense Department, died April 4,
2010 at a hospice in Boynton Beach, Fla., where he lived. He had diabetes.
Mr. Remer joined the Defense Department as a civilian engineer after serving in the Navy in
World War II. He had a lead role in designing the Harpoon missile for the Navy in the 1970s
and represented the United States at NATO meetings concerning missiles. He retired in
1987.
Bertram Robert Remer was born in New York and moved to Washington as a boy. He
graduated from Roosevelt High School (1942) and Duke University. He lived in Silver
Spring before moving to Florida about 10 years ago.
In 1949, he married Estelle Belfort. She died in 2005.
Survivors include four children, Mona Epstein of Boynton Beach, Jay Remer of Wheaton,
Sherri Curtin of Columbia and Andy Remer of Silver Spring; a brother, Mitchell Remer of
Silver Spring; a sister, Esta Leader of Orlando; 11 grandchildren; and two
great-grandchildren.
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2010 at a hospice in Boynton Beach, Fla., where he lived. He had diabetes.
Mr. Remer joined the Defense Department as a civilian engineer after serving in the Navy in
World War II. He had a lead role in designing the Harpoon missile for the Navy in the 1970s
and represented the United States at NATO meetings concerning missiles. He retired in
1987.
Bertram Robert Remer was born in New York and moved to Washington as a boy. He
graduated from Roosevelt High School (1942) and Duke University. He lived in Silver
Spring before moving to Florida about 10 years ago.
In 1949, he married Estelle Belfort. She died in 2005.
Survivors include four children, Mona Epstein of Boynton Beach, Jay Remer of Wheaton,
Sherri Curtin of Columbia and Andy Remer of Silver Spring; a brother, Mitchell Remer of
Silver Spring; a sister, Esta Leader of Orlando; 11 grandchildren; and two
great-grandchildren.
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