JUPITER FARMS — Robert Jaegers had a ardour for public service, Palm Seashore County State Lawyer Dave Aronberg recalled. Harry Malecki remembered Jaegers’ management as previous commander of two native American Legion posts.
Jaegers, a longtime Palm Seashore County prosecutor and an Air Power veteran, was recognized as the person discovered useless this week in a wildlife and environmental space west of Interstate 95, close to the Palm Seashore County and Martin County border. He was 71.
His physique was discovered Tuesday, March 26, following an in depth search by Palm Seashore and Martin County sheriff’s deputies that started Monday evening after Jaegers’ household reported him lacking from his Jupiter Farms-area dwelling.
Relations informed investigators it was typical of Jaegers to stroll within the Hungryland Wildlife and Environmental Space. He was discovered about midday Tuesday within the 16,600-acre space, which lies east of Pratt Whitney Highway simply inside Martin County.
Jaegers’ explanation for dying is unknown. The Martin County Sheriff’s Workplace, which is main the investigation, mentioned there have been no seen indicators of trauma.
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Jaegers was born in 1952 and graduated from Penn State and was energetic within the college’s Palm Seashore County alumni membership. The Florida Bar mentioned he turned an legal professional in 1978 after graduating from Ohio Northern College-Claude W. Pettit Faculty of Regulation in 1977. He served within the U.S. Air Power from 1978 to 2005, the American Legion mentioned.
His survivors embody his spouse, Denise, their daughters Heidi and Kathryn, and their sons Robert and Charles.
Reflecting on Jaegers’ time as an assistant state legal professional, Aronberg described him as a prosecutor impressed by a lifetime of service.
“He was somebody who believed strongly in public service,” Aronberg mentioned. “It was in his DNA. He had sturdy character, a love of nation, and he cared deeply about different individuals. His whole motive for being was to assist others, particularly if it was a veteran. He had a mushy spot in his coronary heart for many who served his nation as he did.”
Throughout Jaegers’ 31 years as assistant state legal professional, considered one of his roles was overseeing circumstances within the Palm Seashore County Veterans Courtroom, which gives remedy and rehabilitation companies for fight and non-combat veterans referred to the court docket. He oversaw veterans circumstances for seven years earlier than retiring from the workplace in November 2019.
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Along with being a prosecutor, Jaegers was previous commander of American Legion Submit 12 in West Palm Seashore and American Legion Rood-Williams Submit 271 in Tequesta.
“Bob was an excellent man, good veteran.” Submit 271 commander Harry Malecki mentioned. “(He was a) good dad, good husband. Every little thing we did, we did collectively and all of us loved being round one another, being round Bob. ”
Malecki mentioned Jaegers was energetic in lots of sides of the American Legion, together with main the dignity guard. He was a previous choose advocate for the Legion’s Florida division and a choose advocate in District 11, which encompasses Martin, Palm Seashore and Okeechobee counties.
“He did lots a great issues for our submit,” Malecki mentioned. “He was very concerned within the American Legion as a complete. He’s going to be missed at our submit.”
Info on funeral companies was not instantly obtainable.
Julius Whigham II is a legal justice and public security reporter for The Palm Seashore Submit. You may attain him atjwhigham@pbpost.com and comply with him on X, the platform previously often called Twitter, at@JuliusWhigham. Assist assist our work:Subscribe right this moment.
