Robert "Bobby" Allen Merz

Robert “Bobby” Allen Merz, age 57 of Trenton, passed away at Christ Hospital on Wednesday, July 3, 2024. Known to most as Bobby, he was born in Hamilton, Ohio on March 9, 1967 to the late Henry Allen Thompson and Nancy Jane (Merz) Davis. Bobby grew up in Hamilton and worked as a brick mason most of his life. Bobby had a passion for his many cars over the years and was pretty good at turning a wrench. When he wasn’t laying brick or fixing a carburetor, he was probably fishing. To say that Bobby loved fishing would be an understatement – fishing was a lifelong passion that he shared with his father, kids, grandkids and friends. We are very confident that today he is fishing in Heaven with the ones that we remember today. After catching said fish, Bobby was an amazing cook, known for making fried potatoes and pepper steak with rice. After fishing and cooking, Bobby loved music – especially moving with the music with moves and rhythm that only he could. He was especially known for his flips and tumbles back in his younger days. Bobby was also a jokester with an amazing sense of humor and jokes that would leave you laughing until the next day. Above all, and almost as much as he loved fishing, he loved his family. The world isn’t darker that he is no longer with us– it is brighter from his presence and we will forever carry his love in our hearts. Bobby will be dearly missed by his life-long soulmate, Jennifer Dailey; his children, Joshua, Jessica (O’Brien), Ciara (Austin), and Ja’Quan; his grandkids, Jadia, Ja’Auna, Kaylee, King, Aliva, Jay’Veon, Khy’Lek, Alayah, Amira, Giovanni, Caiden, Greyson, Zuri, McKinsley, and Paisley; his close siblings, Jametta, Renee, Allen, Cassandra and Marcus, a host of distant siblings, nieces, nephews and extended family, friends, and fishing buddies that are too numerous to mention by name. Bobby is reunited in Heaven with his son, Robert Michael Allen Merz; his sister, Melanie LaRue Davis; and his parents. A memorial service to honor Bobby’s life will take place at a later date.

When Tomorrow Starts Without Me When tomorrow starts without me, I will not be here to see, That the sun will rise and find your eyes; filled with tears for me, But please know you're always in my heart, and I will forever love you, And know, each time you think of me, I will be missing you too. When tomorrow starts without me, I need you to understand, That an angel came, he called my name and took me by the hand. He told me it was time to go up to heaven far above, And that I have to leave behind all those I dearly love. When tomorrow starts without me, I know that you will cry, For all my life I’d always thought that I would never die. I had so much life ahead of me; I had so much to do, It seems almost impossible that I was leaving you. When tomorrow starts without me, I think of the good days, and the bad, I thought of all our fights, next to all the fun we had. If I could have stayed, just for a little while, I would say I'd always be here, and then I'd make you smile. When tomorrow starts without me, I'll realize that this could never be, As all that would be left of me, is frozen in memories. Then I thought of all the beautiful things that I would miss tomorrow, I thought of you and when I did my heart was filled with sorrow. When tomorrow starts without me I will walk through heaven’s gate, I will feel at home even without my soul mate. I know this is what I wanted, deep down within my bones, And God looked down and smiled at me from his great golden throne. When tomorrow starts without me I see everything He promised me, “Today your life on earth is past, and now you can be free.” “I promise no tomorrow as today will always last, And since it's all the same you will not be longing for the past.” So when tomorrow starts without me don’t think we’re far apart, For every time you think of me I’m right here in your heart. By Nekia-Brooke Thomson