Robert John Leahy

A Mass of the Resurrection for Robert John Leahy of Easton, formerly of Wilmington, DE, will be celebrated at the St. Michaels Catholic Chapel in St. Michaels, MD on Wednesday, April 18, 2001 at 11:00 AM. Mr. Leahy died on Thursday, April 12, 2001 at the Fairfax Hospital in Fairfax, VA. He was 76. Born in Boston, MA on January 16, 1925, he was the fifth child of the late Hugh and Mary Costello Leahy. He was educated at St. Thomas More High School in Philadelphia and Villanova University where he received his Bachelor degree in Chemical Engineering in 1948. His college was interrupted with service in the U.S. Navy aboard minesweepers in the Pacific and in the submarine reserve at Philadelphia. Upon graduation, he was employed at the Philadelphia Gas Works and then Hercules Incorporated in 1950 where he was in marketing and general management until his retirement as Vice Chairman of the Board in 1985. He then joined O.A. Newton & Son Company in Bridgeville, DE as Vice-President for marketing until 1989. Mr. Leahy was active in the communities within which he lived as President of the North Carolina State University Pulp & Paper Foundation, Chairman of the United Way of Delaware, Chairman of the United Negro College Fund of Delaware, past Commodore of the Poplar Island Yacht Club, a member of the Navy League, Director of the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, and President of the Volunteer Association. He was also very active in the Character Counts Program with the 5th grade at Moton Elementary School. In addition to his wife, the former Rosemarie Tegler, whom he married in 1947, he is survived by five children, Robert J. Leahy, Jr. of Charleston, SC, Christopher M. Leahy of Burke, VA, Timothy P. Leahy of Annapolis, MD, Mary Louise Britton of Wenham, MA, and Terence M. Leahy of Lexington, MA; two brothers, William F. Leahy of Wynnewood, PA, and John J. Leahy of Bryn Mawr, PA; and 13 grandchildren. Friends may call at the St. Michaels Catholic Chapel on Tuesday from 6-8 PM. Burial will be at the Calvary Cemetery in Gladwynne, PA on Thursday, April 19, 2001 at 11:00 AM. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Sts. Peter & Paul Catholic Church Building Fund, In Memory of Robert J. Leahy, 215 Goldsborough Street, Easton, MD 21601.