Robert A. Stettler
Resident of Belmont
May 31, 1930 - Sept. 17, 2017

NORTHERN CALIFORNIA – Robert Stettler passed away on Sunday, Sept. 17, 2017, at the age of 87.

Raised on a poultry farm in Petaluma he was the eldest son of Swiss immigrants, Hugo and Helen Stettler.

Following high school, Robert worked as a warehouseman at Poultry Producers in Petaluma, while attending College of Marin. It was there that he met his wife-to-be, Nancy Meyer.

In 1952 Robert joined the Army and served as part of the US occupation force in West Germany.

On returning stateside Robert enrolled at UC Berkeley, joined the Sigma Pi fraternity, and in 1955 married Nancy.

Soon after graduating in 1957 with a degree in criminology, Robert began work at the Orange County Crime Lab as a criminalist. Robert made his career in law enforcement, investigating hundreds of crimes over the 22 years he spent in the sheriff’s office.

Robert and his wife Nancy retired to Lake County where they began new endeavors in 1981. Nancy died of cancer on Jan. 1, 1998.

Robert’s daughter Heidi and her husband Chris welcomed Robert into their Belmont home in 2015. While in the Belmont community he became known as “the three dog walker” and made many friends at the senior fitness class at the local gym, the grocery store, and around town.

Robert is survived by his daughter and son-in-law, Chris and Heidi Hagler; his grandchildren, Justin and Hanna; his brother, David Stettler; and nephews, Kenneth, Robert and David Stettler.

Memorial services will be held on Saturday, Oct. 14, at 3 p.m. at Crippen & Flynn Carlmont Chapel, 1111 Alameda de las Pulgas in Belmont.

In lieu of flowers the family requests that you consider a donation in his memory to the Peninsula Humane Society (www.PHS.org), or The California Alumni Association Kruttschnitt Aspire Scholarship Program (KASP), c/o Jennifer Mora, 1 Alumni House, Berkeley, CA 94720.