HUNTER, Clarence Robert, Age 90, of Hamilton, passed away on Friday, August 18, 2006 in the Vitas hospice unit at Fort Hamilton Hospital. He was born July 17, 1916, the son of Robert and Amy (Hornung) Hunter, in an historic old house on the hill at the end of Hunter Rd., near where the lookout at Harbin Park now stands.
He worked on his parents' 142-acre farm, most of which constitutes Harbin Park today, as a boy, and walked a mile and a half to Resor School and back every day. He remembered having to carry buckets of coal up from the basement to heat the old building while he was a student there.
He graduated from Fairfield Township High school in 1934. He worked for a time for neighbor and friend George Adam "Bud" Rentschler, Jr., and married Margaret Napier on Nov. 24, 1937 and she preceded him in death in 1978. -He went to work for Rentschler's General Machinery Corp., predecessor to Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton, that same year as a machinist apprentice. After excelling as a machinist, he was eventually promoted to a position as quality control supervisor.
He worked as a diesel engine technician and quality control specialist for the U.S. Navy in Recife, Brazil; on Adak, an island in Alaska's Aleutian Islands, and also in Panama City, Panama, during World War II. Although still technically a civilian, he was accorded the rank of lieutenant. He returned to his old position with the company when the war ended, and was transferred to Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton's plant in Eddystone. Pa., near Philadelphia. in 1961. He lived in nearby Aldan, Pa., until he returned to Hamilton and took a position as quality control supervisor for Mosler Safe Co. in 1963. He retired from the company in 1981.
He was active as a historical researcher and genealogist in his retirement, and has contributed much to the knowledge of the history of Fairfield and Hamilton.
He is survived by his sister, Helen Hunter of Fairfield; nieces Linda Kerka of West Chester. Ohio, and Karen Baum of Lebanon, Ohio; nephews Robert Hunter of Westerville, Ohio, and Greg Hunter of West Chester; sister-in-law Ruth Hunter of Fairfield, four great nephews and two great nieces.
He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife and brothers Walter Hunter and Eugene Hunter.

Funeral services will be held at 11:00AM Tuesday in the Pleasant Run Presbyterian Church, 11565 Pippin Rd. Cincinnati, OH 45231, followed by burial in Greenwood Cemetery. Visitation will be from 10-11:00AM Tuesday at the church. Memorials are suggested to the church. Zettler Funeral Home, serving the family. www.zettlerfuneralhome.com