RELLIHAN, Robert "Bob" 1924-2002

RELLIHAN, MARTELL, GOMIS, MATTISON, KING, SCHILLING, SWIFT, HUBBARD

Posted By: S. Bell
Date: 9/8/2012 at 18:12:18

Robert "Bob" Rellihan was born May 27, 1924 in Dubuque, Iowa the son of Frank J. and Alice (Martell) Rellihan. he died Monday, July 8, 2002 at Allen Memorial Hospital in Waterloo at the age of 78 years.

He married Mary B. Cullen May 23, 1953 in Fort Dodge, Iowa. Bob served in the U.S. Army in the Pacific Theatre during WWII. He received his B.A. from the University of Northern Iowa in 1949 and received Masters Degrees from Drake University in 1956 and from the University of Illinois in 1968. Bob taught public school in Iowa for 37 years including 30 years at Cedar Falls High School retiring in 1986. He was past President of the Cedar Falls Education Association.

Survivors include his wife, Mary of Cedar Falls; five daughters, Cindy Gomis of Cedar Falls, Denise (Kurt) Mattison of Eau Claire, Wisconsin, Marcia Rellihan (Steve Styron) of Waterloo, Patty (Don) King of Cedar Falls, Anna (Eric) Schilling of Marco Island, Florida; twelve grandchildren, one great granddaughter, and one sister, Bernice Swift of Dubuque, Iowa. Bob was preceded in death by his parents, one brother, Donald Rellihan and one sister, Evelyn Hubbard.

Funeral services were 10:30 a.m. Thursday, July 11, 2002 at St. John Lutheran Church with burial in Greenwood Cemetery.
Memorials may be given to the church, the UNI Foundation, or the Cedar Falls Lutheran Home.

[Dahl-Van Hove-Schoof Funeral Home Obituary]