Bernard Alexander Robb

Calais – Bernard Alexander “Bunny” Robb, 88, passed away Tuesday, October 05, 2010 at Atlantic Rehab & Nursing Center in Calais. Bunny was born in Baileyville on October 27, 1921, son of the late Daniel and Florence (Millman) Robb. He served his country in the U.S. Army as a heavy machine gunner with the 380th Field Artillery Battalion during WWII in Rhineland and Central Europe. On June 21, 1948, he married Jean Hollingdale. Bunny worked as a meat cutter in Calais for 37 years, the first 32 years with A&P and the last five with IGA. He was a Communicant of Immaculate Conception R.C. Church in Calais and a life-time member of the Knights of Columbus Council 149 and Sherman Bros. Post #3 American Legion; as well as a former member of the Calais Lions Club, St. Croix Bowling Club and St. Croix Country Club. Bunny loved bowling and still held the record for the highest single game with wooden pins in the Eastern Maine Bowling Tournament. He also enjoyed golfing and playing cribbage. His most memorable times were those spent with his wife and family. In addition to his parents, Bunny was predeceased by an infant son Daniel; four sisters, Anne Turnbull, Gertrude Babel, Mary Frye and Regina Gibson; and three brothers, Leonard, Walter and Philip Robb. Surviving are his loving wife of 62 years Jean Robb; ten children, Janice Williams-Tollison and her husband Chuck of Waco, TX, Daniel Robb and his wife Brenda of Calais, David Robb and his wife Cathy of St. Augustine, FL, Rona Robb and her friend Joyce Dunphy of Calais, Bernard Robb and his wife Marcy of Pawleys Island, SC, Theresa Porter and her husband Jim of Calais, Mary Jean Redding and her husband Jeff of Calais, Patricia Reynolds and her husband Dana of Meddybemps, Martha Apkarian and her husband Rob of Alton Bay, NH, and Catherine Cartwright and her husband Brian of Veazie; twenty grandchildren; twenty great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews. Visiting hours will be held 2-4 & 6-8 p.m. Thursday, October 7, at Mays Funeral Home, 26 Church St., Calais, where the Rosary will be recited at 7:30 p.m. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated by Father James Plourde 10 a.m. Friday at Immaculate Conception R.C. Church, 31 Calais Ave., Calais. Burial will follow in the Calais Cemetery. Donations in Bunny’s memory may be made to Immaculate Conception R.C. Church, PO Box 898, Calais, ME 04619.