Robert J. Tobin

| May 11, 2018

Robert J. Tobin, 89, of Fernandina Beach, FL, formerly of Wayne Street, Corry, PA, died on Tuesday, May 8, 2018, at Lanier Terrace, Jacksonville, FL.

He was born December 23, 1928, in Oil City, PA, a son of the late William and Florence Hopwood Tobin.

As a young boy Robert Hiked the Allegheny Foothills and played football. He loved watching all sports and was a fan of Notre Dame football for 73 years. He enjoyed traveling, camping, boating, and water skiing.

He was raised and educated in Oil City, PA. In 1961 he moved to Corry where he worked at McInnes Steel Corporation retiring in December 1990 after twenty-eight years. Following his retirement, Bob and his wife Jean began spending winters in Ocala, FL.

Robert was a loving husband and a wonderful father who gave the best advice. He counted his children, and grandchildren as his greatest successes.

In addition to his parents, Bob was preceded in death on September 2, 2004, by his wife Thelma Jean Patterson Tobin whom he married on June 30, 1951, in Oil City, PA; six sisters, Joan Marie Tobin O.B.S., Ella Miller, Marion Wiebinski, Rita Kokai, Helen Stroupe and Mildred Stanton; a brother, Thomas Tobin and a son-in-law, David Miles.

Robert is survived by two daughters, Deborah Miles wife of David Miles (deceased) of Fernandina Beach, FL, and Catherine Hedlund and her husband John of Wheatfield, NY; four sons, William Tobin and his wife Stephanie of Lincoln University, PA, John Tobin of Corry, PA, Robert Tobin and his wife Patricia of Bel Air, MD, and James Tobin and his wife Lindsay of Mentor, OH.

Also surviving are twenty grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren with two more on the way, and many nieces and nephews.

Family and friends may call at the Bracken Funeral Home, Inc., 315 N. Center Street, Corry, PA, on Monday from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Prayers for the transfer will be held at the Bracken Funeral Home on Tuesday at 10:30 a.m., followed by a funeral mass at St. Thomas the Apostle Roman Catholic Church, 203 W. Washington St., Corry, PA, at 11:00 a.m. Rev. D. G. Davis will officiate.

Burial will be in St. Thomas Cemetery, Corry, PA.

To sign the guestbook or send condolences, please visit www.brackenfh.com.


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