Obituary
Passed peacefully away at Chancellor Park, St. John’s, on Friday, February 9, 2018 Robert (Bob) Doyle, aged 82, second son of the late Gerald S. Doyle and Marjorie (Mershon) Doyle. Also predeceased by his first wife, Peggy (O’Rourke) Doyle, stepmother Mary (Foley) Doyle, brothers Tom (Patricia), Charlie, Pat (Brenda), and Gerald (Bonnie), brothers-in-law Patrick O’Flaherty, Frank Gronich, Bud O’Rourke (Josie), and Jim O’Rourke, and his nephew Sean O’Rourke.
Leaving to mourn with loving memories, his wife Dorothy (Neal) Abery, his children, Robert (Toni), Paul (Karen), Susan (Derek Layne), and Sara (Anthony Singh), his stepdaughter Jane Abery (Carl Quinlan), and his grandchildren Hayley Doyle (Tom Bigelow), Katie Peddle (Mitchell), and Jaime Doyle. Also leaving to mourn are his brothers John (Sandy) and Bill (Cindy), his sister Marjorie Doyle, and their families. As well, Bob leaves to mourn his sisters-in-law Ann O’Rourke, Eileen Gronich, and Elizabeth (Neal) Butler, and his brother in law and sister-in-law, Bruce and Lavina Neal. Bob also leaves a large circle of nieces and nephews and other relatives and friends especially Carl Collins, Joy Tatham, Terry and Mary Corbett, Tracey and Terry Sullivan, Clyde and Sylvia Pretty, Rob Marshall, and Darrin Harding. Special thanks to the staff members at Chancellor Park for their compassionate care of Bob over the past two years.
Bob was an expert on Newfoundland geography, having sailed around the coastline of Newfoundland with his father on the Miss Newfoundland throughout his childhood years. He was also an enthusiastic organizer of events for family and friends.
At his request, Bob has been cremated. Visitation at Carnell’s Funeral Home, 329 Freshwater Road, on Monday, February 12, 2018 from 2-5 and 7-9 pm. The funeral mass will take place on Tuesday, February 13, 2018 at 9:30 am from St. Pius X Church, 16 Smithville Crescent. Flowers are gratefully accepted. Donation in Bob’s memory can also be made to the Canadian Diabetes Association.
When I reach that last big shoal Take me back to that snug green cove
Where the ground swells break asunder, Where the seas roll up their thunder.
Where the wild sands roll to the surges toll. There let me rest in the earth’s cool Breast
Let me be a man and take it Where the stars shine out their wonder-
When my dory fails to make it. And the seas roll up their thunder.
Otto P. Kelland
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Nos plus sincères sympathies à la famille et aux amis de Robert Bob Patrick Doyle March 11 1935 to February 9 2018.source
Décès pour la Ville: St-John’s, Province: T-N
