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Monday
18
March
Visitation at Funeral Home
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Monday, March 18, 2024
Fredrick J. Chapey & Sons Funeral Home, Inc.
20 Hicksville Road
Bethpage, New York, United States
Monday
18
March
Visitation at Funeral Home
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Monday, March 18, 2024
Fredrick J. Chapey & Sons Funeral Home, Inc.
20 Hicksville Road
Bethpage, New York, United States
Tuesday
19
March
Funeral Mass
10:00 am
Tuesday, March 19, 2024
St. Ignatius R. C. Church
129 Broadway
Hicksville, New York, United States
Final Resting Place
Holy Rood Cemetery
Old Country Road
Westbury, New York, United States
In Lieu of Flowers
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
501 St. Jude Place
Memphis, TN 38105
or
Tunnel to Towers Foundation
2361 Hylan Blvd.
Staten Island, NY 10306
Obituary of Robert John Rabbitt
Robert J. Rabbitt, 99, of the Bronx, Hicksville, and most recently of Plainview, passed away March 13, 2024. Bob was born to Marion Smith Rabbitt and Alois Rabbitt in the Bronx on January 15, 1925. He graduated from Dewitt Clinton High School in 1943 and then registered for the draft. He served in the 29th Division of the army where he was injured and honorably discharged and given a Purple Heart.
Bob was married to his loving wife, Irene, for 62 happy years in Hicksville, where they raised 8 children. Bob is survived by 3 sons - Bob (Diane), John (Rosie), and Paul and 5 daughters - Kathleen (Bill), Suzanne (Lou), Clare, Anne (John), and Irene (Jim). Bob enjoyed his 26 grandchildren and their spouses, and 32 (and counting) great-grandchildren.
Bob is pre-deceased by his wife, Irene A. Buetow Rabbitt, his brother, Edward A. Rabbitt, his sister-in-law, Dorothy E. Johnson Rabbitt, and his sister, Jeanne Rabbitt.
Bob was a devoted husband and father. He loved spending time with his family, doing crossword puzzles, shopping the snack aisle, listening to Glenn Miller, watching his vacation tapes, and telling "dad jokes."
Visitation: Monday, March 18, 2024
2:00PM - 4:00PM
7:00PM - 9:00PM
Frederick J. Chapey & Sons Funeral Home, Inc.
20 Hicksville Road, Bethpage, NY 11714
Funeral Mass: Tuesday, March 19, 2024
10:00AM
St. Ingatius Loyola Roman Catholic Church
129 Broadway, Hicksville, NY 11801
.
Final Resting Place: Holy Rood Cemetery
Old Country Road, Westbury NY 11590
In Lieu of Flowers please make donations to:
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital,
501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105
Or
Tunnel To Towers Foundation
2361 Hylan Boulevard, Staten Island, NY 10306
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