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Obituary for Robert Joseph Gilman

Robert Joseph  Gilman
Robert J. Gilman, 86, of the Four Seasons at Wall community passed away Wednesday, April 9, 2014 at Jersey Shore Medical Center, Neptune with his beloved family at his bedside. Robert was born in Jersey City and raised his family in Wayne. He maintained a summer home in Spring Lake for his family since 1975, moving there permanently around 1990. He and his wife, Gilda, recently settled in Wall.
In Wayne, he was active in several civic and fraternal organizations, including the Jaycees, Chamber of Commerce, Our Lady of the Valley Church and Knights of Columbus Council # 6534. He donated his free time for charitable work with the youth in Wayne. Robert was an avid card player and taught Bridge. He was a Jazz aficionado who played the clarinet and saxophone in a Jazz band. More recently, he was a member of the Hudson South Club, celebrating his roots in Jersey City and sharing fellowship with other Hudson County natives, while raising money for charities.
Robert was a proud graduate of the Newark College of Engineering and a member of the Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society. He had faithfully served his country in the US Navy and remained in reserves thereafter. Robert was employed as an Electrical Engineer in communications for RFL Industries in Boonton until his retirement. He was a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
Robert was predeceased by his parents Samuel and Alice Kelly Gilman, his son Robert, his daughter Cynthia Bizzozzaro and his 6 siblings.
He is survived by the loving wife of 65 years, Gilda E. Blois Gilman, his children and their spouses Patricia & Peter Glen (Berkeley Heights), Kevin & Mary (Annandale), Keith & Colleen (Scotch Plains), his daughter in law Nancy Gilman (Wayne), and his son in law Michael Bizzozzaro (Manalapan), his 12 grandchildren, Ruthann, Ryan, Elyse, Michael, David, Steven, Kelsey, Derek, Daniel, Christopher, Kerri and Alyssa and his 4 great grandchildren, Julianna, Dominick, Milena and Samantha.
Relatives and friends are invited to call on Sunday from 2-6pm at the O’Brien Funeral Home, 2028 Hwy. 35 at New Bedford Rd., Wall, NJ 07719 and Monday morning April 14, 2014 from 9:00am until the time of the funeral procession at 9:45am followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 10:30am at St. Catharine’s RC Church, 215 Essex Ave., Spring Lake, NJ 07762. Burial will be in the Veterans Memorial Cemetery, 350 Provinceline Rd., (Arneytown) Wrightstown, NJ.
In lieu of flowers the family specifically requests donations to any of these charities: Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation, 383 Main Ave., 5th Floor, Norwalk, CT 06851, The V Foundation, 106 Towerview Court, Cary, NC, 27513, or the Foodbank of Monmouth and Ocean Counties, 3300 New Jersey 66, Neptune Township, NJ 07753.
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