KELLEHER, Robert Rueben 'Bob' 1937 - 2017

KELLEHER, STRUB, MURPHY, PETERS, ROLLINS, DELANEY

Posted By: Cindy Maust Smith (email)
Date: 9/14/2020 at 11:07:58

The Standard Newspaper, January 31, 2017, Waukon, Iowa

Robert "Bob" Rueben Kelleher, 79, of Denver died Wednesday, January 4, 2017. A memorial service with burial will be held in Lansing this spring.

Bob was born September 12, 1937 in Lansing, the son of Rueben and Catherine (Strub) Kelleher. He married Mary Murphy, September 12, 1959 in Lansing. She died in 1988.

Bob served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. He was employed in the commercial insulation business for many years and retired as an over-the-road truck driver.

Bob is survived by a daughter, Kathryn (Gene) Peters of Tripoli; a son, Thomas (Christopher) Rollins of Milwaukie, OR; a grandson, Benjamin (Erin) Peters ; three great-grandsons, Evan, Nolan and Jacob Peters, all of Tripoli; a twin sister, Patricia (Richard) Delaney of Chatfield, MN; and a special friend, Ruth Trammel of Denver. He was preceded in death by a son, Jimmy; his wife, Mary; his parents; a brother, Donald; and a sister, Ruthann.