Robert H. Carr

Robert H. Carr

AGE: 76 • Lakehurst

Robert H. Carr, 76, of Lakehurst, died Thursday, Jan. 15, 2015. Bob was a lifelong resident of Lakehurst, having been born and raised here and having lived most of his life here except for the time he served in the United States Air Force. Bob was an active, lifelong member of the Lakehurst United Methodist Church where he taught Sunday school and served on various executive church boards. He loved his church and his church music. Bob was a member of the Lakehurst Borough Council having been appointed to fill a vacancy and then was elected to several terms. He also served as the Borough Council president. Bob was active in the local Boy Scout and Girl Scout organizations and he helped organize and run the local baseball and softball teams for the youth in the 1960's and the 1970's. Bob was a Master Mason of the South Houston Lodge, Texas for over 50 years, and held the rank of 32 degree Mason and was a Noble of the Crescent Shriners. He also held membership in the Crescent Shrine of Westampton, New Jersey. Bob attended Thomas Edison College and Southern Illinois University from which he earned a Bachelor of Science degree with an educational teaching certification. He was employed by JCP&L Company as a lineman and a relay technician before becoming an electrician at the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station in Forked River. He advanced to a nuclear electrical instructor there and retired in 1994. Upon retirement in 1994, Bob took up the hobby of bicycling and between 1995 and 2010, he biked across the United States seven times crossing through all the lower 48 states. He also biked Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand. Bob biked also for several charities including those for the MS Society. Bob was predeceased by his father and mother, Wilmer and Mary Carr of Lakehurst; his brothers, Wilmer Carr and Walter and Edward Tilke, and his sister, Mary Tilke Zervos. He was also predeceased by his first wife, Sandra Loop Carr, who died in 1969. He is survived by his wife of 43 years, Carol A. Cherivtch Carr, Lakehurst, and his five children, Robert of Toms River, Thomas and his wife, Hallie of Louisville, Kentucky, Michael and his wife, Annette of Lakehurst, Cindi Hyslop and her husband, David of Beachwood, and Christine Carlen and her husband, Bernie of Northfiled. Also, he is survived by 11 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren. Donations can be made in Bob's memory to: Ranch Hope, Inc., 45 Sawmill Road, P.O. Box 325, Alloway, NJ 08001-0325 or to the charity of your choosing. A viewing will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 18 at DeGraff Lakehurst Funeral Home, 119 Union Ave., Lakehurst. A "Farewell Tribute Service" will be held 9 to 10 a.m. Monday, Jan. 19 at the funeral home with interment immediately following at Roadside Cemetery on Route 37, Manchester.