Robert J. Gillespie

A Rosary will be recited Friday May 13, 2011 at 12 noon at Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church with a Mass follow at 12:30 pm with Father Anthony Pesek officiating.

Mr. Gillespie was born May 25, 1942 in Peoria, Illinois, son of Frank Gillespie and Emma Carmack. He served as a Petty Officer 3rd Class in the U. S. Navy from 1960 to 1962. He married Mary Haberkorn on February 2, 1963 in Cullom Illinois, she survives him.

He is also survived by a daughter and son Jodi Bill, Canyon Lake and Christopher Gillespie, Bath Maine, 10 grandchildren, and 4 great-grandchildren, brothers, Frank Mydler and Jack Mydler and sister Joyce Bracken. He was preceded in death by a sister Delores.

Mr. Gillespie retired in 2005 from the state of Arizona, ADOT as Audit Manager. He was a member of Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church. He was an active 3rd and 4th degree knight for the Knights of Columbus.