Robert F. Bailey
Beloved father, grandfather, brother and friend;
Robert F. Bailey, 90, of Lowell and for many years a resident of the Highlands section of the City, died at home surrounded by his loving family.
He was the husband for 64 years of the late Barbara A. (Lyons) Bailey who died January 21, 2013.
Born in Medford, Massachusetts, June 18, 1924, the son of the late Francis L. and the late Mary A. (Harrington) Bailey, he attended Immaculate Conception Grammar School in Malden and was a graduate of Malden Catholic High School with the Class of 1942.
Bob went on to receive his Bachelor of Science Degree in Education from Boston College in 1950.
A proud and decorated veteran of World War II, he served in the U. S. Army with the 155th Infantry Regiment as a Corporal. Bob received the Purple Heart in 1944 after being wounded in the South Pacific Theater and was also awarded the Asiatic Pacific Theater Campaign Ribbon, the Good Conduct Medal and the Victory Medal.
Prior to his retirement as an elementary school teacher, Bob taught for over 35 years with the Boston School Department.
A member of the VFW Walker Rogers Post 662 in Lowell and the American Legion, he also held membership in the Boston Teachers Union.
Bob also was a member of the Boston College Alumni Association and the Malden Catholic HS Alumni.
He is survived by his daughter Joyce A. Cote and her husband Ronald of Lowell, with whom he made his home; a grandson Christopher J. Cote of South Boston; a sister June Connors of Reading and several nieces and nephews.
Bob was also the father of the late Barbara J. Bailey who died in 1991.
The members of the Bailey family would like to express their sincere gratitude to Circle Home Hospice and the Visiting Angels whose personal care, compassion and concern were instrumental in providing their father, grandfather and brother with the dignity and quality of life he so richly deserved.
Friends may call at the O’DONNELL FUNERAL HOME 276 PAWTUCKET ST. at Fletcher from 2 to 5 P.M. Sunday. His Funeral will take place from the Funeral Home Monday morning at 9:30 A.M. followed by his Funeral Mass at ST. MARGARET CHURCH at 10:30 A.M. Burial in St. Mary Cemetery in Tewksbury. E-condolences/directions at odonnellfuneralhome.com. Those wishing may make contributions in his memory to Wounded Warrior Project, 150 Cambridge Park Drive, Suite 202, Cambridge, MA 02140. Arrangements by Funeral Directors James F. O’Donnell, Jr. and John W. Crane (978 or 866) 458-8768.
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