Former St. Marys resident Carl Metzger Jr., 79, of Sebring, Fla., died Dec. 16, 2007, at Florida Hospital, Orlando.

He was born May 17, 1928, in Columbus, to Carl and Mabel Smart Metzger. On Dec. 23, 1950, he married Beatrice Overley, who survives.

Other survivors are a son, Dennis (Emma), St. Marys; two daughters, Connie (Eldon Jr.) Stolzenburg and Annemarie (Robert) Stolzenburg, all of St. Marys; a brother, Joseph (Ivy), Wapakoneta; a sister, Sally (Donet) Shaw, Wapakoneta; and seven grandchildren.

Deceased are three brothers, Jim, Jerry and Franklin; and a sister, Flossie Minnich.

He retired as a production worker at Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., St. Marys. A U.S. Navy veteran, he was a member of Wayne Street United Methodist Church and Veterans of Foreign Wars, both of St. Marys, and the Computer Club of Sebring.

Services are 11 a.m. Thursday at Miller-Long and Folk Funeral Home, St. Marys. Burial is at Resthaven Memory Gardens, St. Marys.

Calling is after 10 a.m. Thursday at the funeral home.

Contributions can be made to the American Diabetes Foundation or the American Heart Fund.