Harold P. Cahill Jr.

Harold P. Cahill, Jr., 85, husband of Roberta "Bobbie" Cade Cahill, of Beaufort, SC, died Tuesday, January 15, 2013 in Coastal Carolina Hospital in Hardeeville, SC. Funeral services will be held on Monday, January 21, 2013 at 11:00am in the Parish Church of St. Helena. Mr. Cahill was born on February 13, 1927 in Brooklyn, NY. He is the son of the late Harold P. Cahill, Sr and Frances Shattuck Cahill. The family moved to St. James, Long Island in 1932. In early 1943 he joined the U S Navy, but at the end of WWII, he was honorably discharged. In 1947, Mr. Cahill graduated from Yale University with a degree in Civil Engineering and was commissioned Ensign in the Navy. He also received a Master's degree from Princeton University Graduate School. After many assignments as a Navy "SeaBee" he retired from the Navy Reserve as a Captain. He spent the next 10 years with the U S Environmental Protection Agency. During that time he was promoted to Vice President of Waste Management of North America for the Western region in Irvine, CA. He was Director of Technical Services for design and construction of industrial projects and related capital programs in gas and wind-driven turbine power plants, including the rail haul program for handling urban area solid waste recycling and disposal for metropolitan Southern CA. In 1994, upon retirement, Captain Cahill and his wife moved to Beaufort where he was a member of the Parish Church of St. Helena and a member of the Harmony Lodge #22. Surviving are his wife Roberta of Beaufort, SC; two sons, Harold P. Cahill, III and Michael Jones; five daughters Martha, Bonnie, Carli and Allison Cahill and Amanda Dawson; six grandchildren. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests that donations may be made to the Parish Church of St. Helena, P. O. Box 1043, Beaufort, SC 29901. Anderson Funeral Home and Crematory is serving the family. www.andersonfuneralhomebeaufortsc.com