Robert Spatzier
January 13, 1942 — March 16, 2012
ROBERT EVERS SPATZIER 70 OF COPPERAS COVE DIED FRIDAY MARCH 16 IN COPPERAS COVE ROBERT WAS BORN JANUARY 13, 1942 IN NEW YORK, NEW YORK TO CHARLES EMANUEL AND GWENDOLYN H. BURT SPATZIER. ROBERT RETIRED WITH THE US ARMY AS A MSG WITH MORE THAN 26 YEARS OF SERVICE. HIS AWARDS INCLUDE ARMY SERVICE MEDAL/OVERSEAS SERVICE RIBBON (NUMERAL 3) NATIONAL DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL/ ARMED FORCES EXPEDITIONARY MEDAL (KOREA) ARMY COMMENDATION MEDAL/ ARMY GOOD CONDUCT (4TH AWARD) SHARPSHOOTER M-14 MEDAL W/SILVER 3 LOOPS, NCO PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT RIBBON (NUMERAL 3) HE WAS OF THE EPISCOPAL FAITH. HE MARRIED MARIA REGINA BERNARDELLI MARCH 20 1976 IN SOAVE, ITALY. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE MARIA REGINA SPATZIER OF COPPERAS COVE, TEXAS SON DAVID SPATZIER AND WIFE ELEANOR OF ITALY. HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS. MEMORIAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD 1:30 PM THURSDAY MARCH 22 AT SHEPPARD FUNERAL HOME WITH FATHER REESE HUTCHESON OFFICIATING. BURIAL WILL FOLLOW AT CENTRAL TEXAS STATE VETERANS CEMETERY WITH FULL MILITARY HONORS.