- Date Of Birth: May 16, 1927
- Date Of Death: November 12, 2021
- State: Maine
Casco/Woolwich-Robert (Bob) Francis Bailey, 94, passed away peacefully on Friday, November 12, 2021, at Mid Coast Hospital in Brunswick.
He was born on May 16, 1927, in Gardiner, a son of Chester W. and Eva F. (Grover) Bailey.
Early in his life he cut and hauled wood with his five horses in the Bath, Wiscasset and Woolwich, Maine area before being drafted in the U. S. Army where he served from 1950 to 1952.
After the loss of his longtime partner in July of 2021, he moved to Woolwich where he lived with his sister-in-law and her husband before his death.
He is survived by a son, Archie Bailey and his wife, Vanessa of Melbourne, Florida, a daughter, Stephanie Bailey Wheeler and her husband David of Palm Bay, Florida, sisters-in-law, Margaret Bailey of Richmond, and Edith Bailey Milligan and her husband Tony of Woolwich, five grandchildren Vetta Pittman, Toshia McRae, Daniel McRae, Randy McRae, Cody Wheeler, 19 great grandchildren and two great great grandsons, several nieces, nephews, great nieces and great nephews and his longtime friends Bruce Murley and Sidney Flanagin both of Casco.
Predeceased by his parents, Chester W., and Eva F. Bailey, five brothers Chester W. Bailey, Richard G. Bailey, James E. Bailey, Raymond L. Bailey, and Donald E. Bailey, three sisters, Bertha L. Stilphen, Margaret E. Gleason, Eleanor B. Burr, Avalon (White) Bailey, mother of Archie Bailey and Stephanie Bailey Wheeler and longtime partner Ilse M. Tepper.
Special thanks to the Mid Coast Emergency Staff, Mid Coast Hospital Emergency Staff, and Palliative Care Doctor Sandra Stevens and staff for the support and care they provided.
