Nicholas Bayer, 54, Germantown, Md., died Aug. 13, 2007, at Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, D.C. Death was due to cancer.

He was born Dec. 14, 1953, in St. Marys, to Marvin and Dorothy Peters Bayer, who survive in St. Marys.

Also surviving are two brothers, Michael (Barbara), Washington D.C., and Thomas (Briana), Leesburg, Va.; and a sister, Nancy (Bob) Jacobs, Warrenton, Va.

He worked as an accountant for National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Germantown. He was a 1971 graduate of Memorial High School, St. Marys, earned an undergraduate degree at The Ohio State University and a master's degree from the University of Maryland.

Services are 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Holy Rosary Catholic Church, St. Marys, the Rev. Anthony Cutcher officiating. Burial is at Gethsemane Cemetery, St. Marys.

There will be no calling hours.

Contributions can be made to St. Marys Public Library or Holy Rosary School Fund.

Condolences can be made to millerfuneralhomes.net.

Arrangements were handled by Miller Funeral Home, St. Marys.