Robert F. Jenner
ROCHESTER, MI-Robert F. Jenner, son of the late R. Wesley and Ethel Jenner, passed peacefully away on August 22, 2025 in his 88th year at the Hildebrandt Hospice Care Center in Rochester, New York.
He is survived by his wife, Gloria, of Rochester, his daughter, Elizabeth, of New Jersey and his sister, Ellen, of Canada. He was predeceased by his brother, David, of Marquette.
Robert attended Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on a Reserve Officer Training Corp. scholarship and graduated from the engineering program. After Naval training missions around the world, he joined the U.S. Navy Submarine Service based in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. His first, and favorite assignment was aboard the submarine USS Archerfish.
Following active duty, he was employed as chief mechanic in the engineering division at the Eastman Kodak Company of Rochester and continued serving in the Naval Reserve. He retired with the rank of LT.-CMDR.
Bob was laid to rest, with military honors, at the Western New York National Cemetery in Corfu, New York.