ROBERT HALLEAD

An ordinary man who performed extraordinary deeds, Bob Hallead, a 50 year Rockaway Township resident, retired nursing home superintendent and farmer, passed away Saturday, February 11, 2012 at 91.

Though quiet and unassuming, Bob had a quick wit and left a lasting impression on all who knew him. A true farm boy at heart, he considered “chopping wood” a hobby.

At age 16, during the Great Depression, he took over operation of the family’s 80-acre farm in Michigan where he cared for his two younger brothers after his parents died.

In 1946, he married Margaret Ribner, a native New Yorker. The couple had three children in North Branch, before relocating to White Meadow Lake in the 1960s where they reared their fourth child.

Bob was predeceased by his wife, Margaret; brothers, Lloyd and Thomas; and by his sister, Grace.

He is survived by his sons, Bobby of Grapevine, Texas, Jim of Palm Springs, Calif.; Kurt of Austin, Texas; his daughter, Debbie of Rockaway; and his three grandchildren, Riley, Regan and Drew.

Funeral services were held at Whitham-Kanapaux Funeral Home, 20 Keller Ave., Rockaway. Interment followed at St. Cecilia’s Cemetery.

Memorial contributions may be made in the name of Robert A. Hallead to either the Alzheimer’s Association., www.alz.org; or to the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research, www.michaeljfox.org.