In Memory of

John

Robert

Cullen

Obituary for John Robert Cullen

Passed away Saturday, November 21, anointed and fortified by the sacraments. He was 88. He was born in San Francisco, California, and served in the Merchant Marines during World War II, and again in the Army during the Korean Conflict. He was active as a fund raiser for Holy Name Church, San Francisco, California, and for Catholic Charities. Bob and his brother Jim were founding members of the Donner Lake Property Owners Association, preserving this lake area in Truckee California for the enjoyment of the entire community. After moving to Chappaqua, Bob was very active in his daughters’ schools, in both Saints John and Mary Parish in Chappaqua NY and the Mary Immaculate Fathers’ Association in Ossining. He taught Sunday school classes, served on the parish council, and with his wife, Marge, was ordained as a Eucharistic Minister, serving at Sunday Mass and visiting the elderly and sick in the parish. As President of the Lions Club of Chappaqua, Bob helped buy a car for the sisters at Rosary Hill in Hawthorne. In his professional life, he was an expert pension administrator for GTE/Verizon, and later a knowledgeable and caring real estate broker in Chappaqua.He is preceded in death by his brother James, and his daughters Catherine and Roberta. He is survived by his wife Margaret Ahern Cullen, daughters Mary (Michael) Zorich, Patricia Cullen, and Teresa (Serafino “Sandy”) Bueti, grandchildren Serafino, Gianina, and Paul Bueti, and Timothy and Regina Zorich. Sister-in-law Mary Ahern Dean, brother-in-law Paul Ahern, sisters-in-law Stephanie Seeger Ahern and Blanche Boudreau Cullen, nephews Dennis (Nonnie) Cullen, Peter (Barbara) and Joseph (Rochelle) Dean and Timothy (Carla) Ahern; nieces Anne and Christine Dean, Peggy (Charlie) Gee, and Carolyn (John) Parodi, as well as his loving cousins, Cecelia McHugh Falbe, Clare (Bob) Masucci and Susan Falbe, and many loving great nieces, nephews and friends. Memorial Visitation Tuesday from 2 – 4 & 7 – 9 PM at Beecher Flooks Funeral Home, Inc. in Pleasantville. Mass of Christian Burial Wednesday 10 AM, Church of St. John & St. Mary (Little Church), Chappaqua, NY. Interment Private. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Northern Westchester Hospital, Mt. Kisco NY; or Phelps Hospital Hospice, Sleepy Hollow NY.