Robert S. Trethaway

Robert S. “Bob” Trethaway, age 68, of St. Simons Island, passed peacefully at home Friday, September 20, 2013. Bob was a native of Pennsylvania and graduated from the University of Pittsburgh in 1969 with a degree in Pharmacy. Bob lettered in football for 4 years and was a member of the Sigma Chi Fraternity. He was a member of many professional organizations including: The American Pharmaceutical Association, National Compounding Pharmacists Association, Georgia Pharmaceutical Association, Professional Compounding Centers of America and the Independent Pharmacist Association. As owner of Seaside Pharmaceutical in Brunswick, GA, Bob mentored pharmacy students from the University of Georgia, Mercer University as well as pre-pharmacy students from College of Coastal Georgia. Bob’s interests included Pitt Football, American Saddlebred Show Horses, gardening, G-Gauge trains, reading and golf. He was a member of the Brunswick Country Club and the Golden Isles Rose Society. He served as the Director of the American Saddlebred Horse Association for 10 years, Treasurer and Director of the American Saddlebred Museum for 10 years and was a member of the American Saddlebred Horse Association of Georgia and the American Saddlebred Association of the Carolinas.

Bob is survived by his wife of 44 years, R. Denise Trethaway; a brother, William A. Trethaway of Mechanicsburg, PA; two nieces, Debra Meiers Hicks of San Diego, CA and Patty Meiers of Madison, AL; a grand-niece, Kayla Braxton of Madison, AL; a sister-in-law, Cheryl Rinovato of Verona, PA and a brother-in-law, Mark Rinovato of Palm Springs, CA. He was preceded in death by his parents, Harold and Louise (Kivler) Trethaway and a sister, Judith Meiers.

The family will receive friends on Saturday, September 28th from 5:00 to 7:30 pm at Edo Miller and Sons Funeral Home. The Reverend Dee Shaffer will lead a prayer service at 7:00. A private inurnment will be held at Oglethorpe Memorial Gardens on St. Simons Island at a later date.

In lieu of flowers, please make memorial donations to either the American Saddlebred Museum, 4083 Iron Works Parkway, Lexington, KY 40511 www.asbmuseum.org or to the Heinz Memorial Chapel Building Fund, University of Pittsburgh, 1212 Cathedral of Learning, Pittsburgh, PA 15260 www.heinzchapel.pitt.edu/

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