Obituary of Robert Paul Kelleher

Robert “Bob” Paul Kelleher, 77, passed away peacefully at home on Saturday, February 4, 2017 surrounded by his family. Son of the late Cornelius and Marie Kelleher, Bob was born in Brooklyn, NY, and lived most of his life in Hollis, NY and Toms River, NJ. He served in the U.S. Army before working as a senior programmer analyst at AIG, where he retired after 31 years. Bob loved his sports, Boston Red Sox , New England Patriots and Boston Celtics. He enjoyed spending time with his family and was a passionate and caring man as well as always being there to help friends and family in need. Bob is survived by his wife Arlene of 46 years, daughter Kimberly, son Daniel, daughter-in-law Toni, loving grandchildren Aiden, Mason and Brynn, brother Jack Kelleher, sisters Dorothy Powers and Jean Wittich, nieces, nephews, and his dog Guinness. Bob was a loving husband, father, grandfather and friend to all. Relatives and friends are kindly invited to attend the funeral mass on Friday, February 10, 2017 at 9:30 AM at St Maximilian Kolbe Church, 130 St Maximilian Lane, Toms River, NJ, funeral service immediately following at Brig. General William C. Doyle Veterans Cemetery, 350 Province Line Rd, Wrightstown, NJ In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made in Robert’s honor to: The ALS Association, Gift Processing Center, PO Box 37022, Boone IA 50037 http://www.alsa.org/donate/ ; or, Joan Dancy and PALS Foundation, P O Box 8157, Red Bank NJ 07701 www.joandancyandpals.org