Robert Mount Baggitt Sr.

Robert Mount Baggitt Sr.

AGE: 81 • Upper Freehold Township

Robert Mount Baggitt Sr., 81, of Upper Freehold Township, died Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2014, at Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune. He was born in Freehold and was a lifelong resident of the area. He served in the U.S. Navy of the Korean War serving from 1950 to 1956. He was a line foreman for the New Jersey Bell Telephone Company, Freehold where he was employed for 36 years before his retirement in 1991. After his retirement, he was a school bus driver for the Allentown School System.

He was a member of American Legion Post No. 54, Freehold, the Tin Can Sailor Association, a member of Colts Neck Fire Company No. 1 from 1960 to 1980, and a founding member of the Colts Neck First Aid Squad. He was a member of the first group of officers to serve in Colts Neck Township Police Department, a Colts Neck Little League coach, and Boy Scout Leader in Colts Neck.

He was a 34 year member and director of the Standardbred Breeders and Owners Association and a member of the U.S. Trotting Association.

He was predeceased by his parents, William C. and Angela Mount Baggitt; a sister, Ann Baggitt; his brothers, Jack Baggitt and wife Joanne and William Baggitt; and brother-in-law, Arthur Smock.

Surviving are his wife, Sandra Powers Baggitt; his children, Robert M. Baggitt Jr. and his wife Christine, Ellen Cunningham and her husband Michael, Larry Baggitt and wife Tina, Timothy Baggitt and wife Kelly, and Nancy and husband Robert Fitts; two sisters, Rosemary Smock and June Higgins and her husband Larry; his grandchildren, Tyler Baggitt, Erica McDonald, Logan and Connor Cunningham, Alessandra, Lauren, Christina and Riley Baggitt; and Bob J. and Jesse Fitts; great-grandchildren, Ella McDonald and Rylee Fitts; and many nieces and nephews.

Visiting will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 5 at the Higgins Memorial Home, 20 Center St., Freehold. The Funeral Liturgy will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Monday, Oct. 6 at St. Rose of Lima Church, Freehold, followed by interment at St. Rose of Lima Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105 would be appreciated.